Wear your #workout.
Brooke Brodack shares her excitement about a fitness trend she has been ahead of for over five years: wearing your workout. After reading in Morning Brew that sales of weighted vests and ankle weights have surged 50%, she feels vindicated in a practice she nearly abandoned because no one else in her area was doing it. The article inspired her to finally upgrade from her trusty 1.5-pound ankle weights to a serious setup: a 30-pound weighted vest and 5-pound ankle weights on each leg.
Brooke is refreshingly honest about the upgrade -- the vest is bulkier than expected for running errands, and 30 pounds of dead weight hits harder than anticipated -- but she is fully committed. She credits this practice with building the strength that allowed her to trek through the Himalayan mountains and advocates for it as a solution to the sedentary Western lifestyle. She highlights the real health concerns of bone loss and insufficient lymphatic movement that come from our modern habits, making a passionate case that wearing your workout is the simplest way to stay active without ever stepping foot in a gym.
Key Topics
- The "wear your workout" concept: weighted vests and ankle weights worn throughout the day
- Upgrading from 1.5-pound to 5-pound ankle weights and adding a 30-pound weighted vest
- Being ahead of a fitness trend for five years and watching it finally go mainstream
- The connection between daily weighted wear and Himalayan trekking endurance
- Bone loss, lymphatic health, and the sedentary Western lifestyle
Notable Moments
- [0:00] "I've been doing wear your workout for a long time now, over five years"
- [0:28] Sales of weighted vests have gone up 50% -- Brooke's practice is finally trending
- [1:06] Upgrades to a 30-pound vest and 10 pounds total in ankle weights
- [2:05] Credits wearing her workout with being strong enough to trek the Himalayan mountains
- [2:22] "Bone loss is a serious issue... we live really sedentary Western lives"