I'm incredibly confused by the reviews. I'm 5' 5", the distance from my shoulders to the top of my pelvic bone is 17", and this vest is anything but 'form-fitting, or comfortable. My chest is 34, I am a 32 DD, waist is 26, the belly is 33, hips are 36. The VELCRO band is a great concept, a smaller wa
isted person would still be able to cinch this tighter if need be, that said, wearing this to walk around the house for a few hours and the Velcro was shifting and the vest loosening. I can’t imagine doing any type of real workout in this. The problem is the FIT, the bottom of the VEST hits BELOW my pelvic bone, resting just above the pubic bone where your hip sockets are, walking is not only uncomfortable, w the weights/vest hitting, rubbing at the crease of my thighs/hips bones w every step, but dangerous, as I almost took a tumble down the stairs when the vest prohibited my thighs from a full range of motion, this was scary for a moment. So any type of exercise where lifting the leg or raising the knee is required doesn't work or is again awkwardly uncomfortable. I thought I could wear this for walking at the very least, but between the bottom hitting my thighs, and the weighted hem settling into my hips and the top moving all over the place, I just can't. I have the waist cinched tightly and that is the only comfortable aspect I can note, until that also becomes loose, that, and that it does rest tightly against my back especially my lower back, until it starts to bear down onto my butt and hips. Getting the vest to fit snuggly against my waist creates a ballooning effect at the chest and shoulders. I could fit a loaf of bread between the space at my chest, and a large lemon on top of each shoulder before they would touch the shoulders of the vest. This effect as relates to the upper body, is LOOSE AND BALLOONED so in raising my arms above my head, causes the shoulder seams (which are thick) to PRESS INTO THE SIDES OF THE MIDDLE OF MY NECK, and it hurts, doing jumping-jacks or any type of barbell exercise where you lift the arms (with or without weights) repetitively would surely be painful. Doing a (1) push-up was fine, however, getting into position to do the push-up was uncomfortable w the weights hitting the thighs while you’re trying to lower yourself into position. Doing a Burpee or even Mountain Climbers ?? NO WAY! At least as this vest fit me, there is no way. Bending over to feed my cat was painful and almost toppled me backward with the bottom of the weights pressing into the top of my thighs. I had to open my legs as wide as they would stretch to allow the vest through. I don't consider myself exceptionally small, nor am I over weight, and this is made for women, after all, so I don't understand how anyone could comfortably do a CROSS FIT session in this vest whose measurements aren't notably much larger than my own. I get that our torso’s are different as well, so I listed mine above for comparison, as well, I am 52, 5’ 5”, weigh 124 #’s, w measurements of 34 x 26 x 36 Oblique twists, Tricep extensions, cable rows, the backs of the arms are restricted and hit (preventing full range of motion, the seams that are NOT SNUG OR REMOTELY CLOSE TO THE BODY. This piece doesn't work for me at all. Bummer! I’ll be returning it. The construction and quality are seemingly fine, I won’t own this long enough to really know how it holds up, I did like that the weights themselves are housed inside sealed sleeves making removing and inserting them effortless, though three of the longer ones (sleeves) were ripped apart so there was that.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2018 by vertyeuxsorciere