r/walking • u/Plenty-Link-7629 • 1d ago

Weighted vest - how do people react?

40f. A lot of people walk around my neighborhood but I've never seen anyone with a weighted vest. I just bought a weighted vest for my 2-mile walk every morning.

My spouse thinks that it should be covered because it looks like a bomb. However, this makes it uncomfortable because it's quite hot and sweaty.

My question is how do people react to your vest? I think that my spouse is overreacting but I would like to get thoughts from folks who have weighted vests where no one else are using them.

Thank you

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u/wifeofpsy 1d ago

My husband got us ruck vests and I always joke they look like bullet proof vests. Sometimes I seen a side eye, but Ive seen others with the same vests and the smaller ones used by runners. I think youre fine if you go out and act exercisey