Compact Ergonomic Design

Made from robust 840—D Nylon, with a dual urethane coating to inhibit moisture transfer, the Intenza Weight Vest with padded shoulders comes with loadable Weights Blocks. Each 2.5 lbs weight can be placed into the Velcro® —closure pockets on both the front and back of the vest. Simply add more weights to gradually increase resistance in line with your training progression.

Increased Endurance And Strength

During exercize carrying additional weight requires you to add oxygen and strength— the more weight used, the more the muscles have to adapt to the higher weight— which builds strength and muscular endurance. Variance also allows for lung capacity to expand and due to incorporating weight resistance, you will be able to walk, sprint, bike, climb or jump for longer stretches of time before reaching exhaustion.

Escalate Xross Training

Progressively incorporating a variety of exercize moves, over three levels, Escalate Xross Training is a training regimen designed for use with the Intenza Weight Vest. From your calves to your glutes, stairclimbing on the Escalate is a great way to strengthen and tone your legs. Through simultaneously engaging your ankle, knee and hip extensions against gravity means you work your legs naturally and without the impact commonly associated with jogging or running.

Using the Intenza Weight Vest during workouts will put your muscles under more stress thus increasing the amount of strength you develop and; during cardio exercizes the additional weight will make your movements more strenuous which will put your body into a higher oxygen deficit increasing your aerobic endurance.

Active Ageing

Maintaining a positive attitude, feeling good about yourself, keeping healthy and fit— positive ageing is about maintaining control over those aspects of your life which are very important to you. Starting as early as age thirty muscles naturally weaken with age so you need to keep working them in order to retain strength and power. Investment in exercize can yield quick returns and studies have found that just 10 weeks of weight workouts can dramatically improve strength, power, mobility and agility even in men and women in their 70—80s.

The Intenza Weight Vest can be an invigorating, fun and very effective addition to your workouts, and by modifying your routine, you’ll place different strains on your body which can help improve your strength and conditioning and subsequently help you maintain your everyday activities.

Candidate Physical Ability Test

The CPAT is the standard assessment for measuring an individual's ability to handle the physical demands of being a firefighter. Both CPAT and the job, require immense core muscle strength. Training with the Intenza Weight Vest can simulate the test requirements. To adjust weight level, add or remove Intenza Weight Blocks to the vest. To replicate correct loading for the CPAT stair climb pair the 50 lbs Intenza Weight Vest with its 25 lbs Attachment Vest counterpart.

Easy Maintenance

After each use immediately apply an antimicrobial spray to keep the Intenza Weight Vest smelling fresh and to deter any kind of bacterial build—up. And weekly, use a chlorine/bleach —free mild detergent to hand wash the Weight Vest by wiping it down with a damp cloth or sponge. Towel or air dry.