Thread started: Jan 9 2011, 7:34 AM EST
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So we did some Vest PT the other day. I decided to take a picture while putting my IBA together. It wasn't quite finished. The groin protector was removed since I knew it was just going to slap me in the junk, and I hadn't (still haven't) put the supplemental shoulder/bicep armor on. With all four plates it weighs in at LEAST 20 pounds, easily more. It reduces mobility and range of motion due to the plates getting in the way. It GREATLY reduces stamina. We did a 2 mile run (clocked in at about 2 1/4 total) at an incredibly slow pace, and I was still sucking.
A member of the team did not have a vest. He got mine. I got the borrowed vest that didn't fit him. For the run, everyone had stripped off everything but the front and back plates. I got a complete vest with all the molle-attached trimmings, and too small to boot. Any vest will slightly constrict your chest, but it was bad. I don't suggest ANYONE running in a vest. I barely made two miles when I usually run 5.
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RE: IBA
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Jan 9 2011, 7:58 PM EST
"*Timber scratches his head in confusion.*
You have a crotchrocket that can navigate in the forest, will travel through mud, crosses creeks and has no trouble going up almost vertical ditch banks? Because this ol' boy 'aint doin' pavement come Z-poc.
Besides I'm over 40. My crotch can't handle a rocket no more. " Except for crossing creeks, yeah. Dualsports ride a little low for fording, and I'm WAY too short to ride the taller bikes that can handle it. I's have to carry a stool to get on.
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