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I know this is an old article, but I’ve been looking at this recently in terms of how to use this in keeping the weight off. Do you think it’s possible to keep the weight vest on longer and then slowly decrease the weight to mimic slower weight loss to possibly get your gravitostat? Did Eric have a significant rebound in appetite, weight/fat gain once he took off the weighted vest? If so, how long did it take to get back to pre-vest numbers?
I don’t think Eric had a big rebound coming off the vest. That said, it would probably best to slowly reduce the weight of the vest over time rather than immediately removing all of it.
So I wanted to try this out with a 60 pound weight vest. The thought was getting to 60 pounds away from my goal and then keeping the weight the same as I lost to get down to goal. Any thoughts on slowly to remove the weight? Pound a week? Pound every other week? I’m assuming I’d have to adjust my intake to keep from losing anymore.
There’s no hard and fast rule, and it will take some experimentation to see what works for you, but a pound each week seems reasonable.
Hello James I am wondering could this be used as an additional way to bulk. For example suppose you take a lifter at 15 percent bodyfat at 90kg. If he bulked to 100kg he would be stronger at his lifts. But suppose he put on a weighted vest throughout the day wouldnt his body adapt to the additional load just like a fat person would I noticed fat people tend to have big calves from carrying that weight around all day. We know leverages aside that mass moves mass and a bigger guy can lift more. Suppose that guy wore… Read more »
I guess it’s theoretically possible but would probably only impact a small selection of lifts
Similar to Justin’s question, I struggle to keep fat off when I try to increase calories, even slightly for muscle and strength improvements, would this approach work for this scenario?
Hypothetically it would work.
I know we’re talking in terms of contest prep here, but is there any reason this methodology couldn’t be applied to a typical family man trying to get and stay “lifestyle lean” on a cut? Largely to remain as energized as possible for family and work life.
Yes it could work in those situations as well
Jogging places a higher load on the bones than daily activities. Do you think the gravitostat could be stimulated just by frequent weighted vest jogging?
No because unless you’re jogging most of the day it won’t be enough stimulus