re: Weighted vests

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So is a farmers carry different than say a delivery man carry or a roustabout carry? What makes the farmers carry so darn special?

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I know you were being cute but I will answer anyway.

There are multiple carry exercises with farmer's, suitcase, and waiters being the most common.

Farmer's is equal weight held by you saide in both hands

Suitcase is weight held on just one said

Waiter's is weight held in one hand with the arm extended straight up

Each focuses on different muscles and works many small as well as primary muscle groups. They are all very efficient at hitting large numbers of muscle groups at once.

The walking part is important because it engages lots of the smaller groups to stabilize the weight as you shift while walking.

The weighted vest helps because it allows you to add significant weight mainly to the large muscle groups like the legs so you can work the small and large muscle groups to failure at the same time providing for a efficient workout and it helps on the cardio pulmonary fitness side becaise you you have to provide oxygen to a large part of your bodies muscles at one time.

I do a combo where I start with a farmer's carry, then do alternating curls, then shoulder presses with a single arm tricep press at the end. With a weighted vest appropriate for me and proper sized KBs it is an extraordinarily useful exercise for almost every muscle.