When doing weighted pullups and dips, does it matter if you use a dipping belt, a weighted vest or simply a backpack loaded with plates? Of course weight is weight, but would the numbers be directly comparable to each other?
yes it matters a lot. a belt allows your center of gravity to be aligned with your body. a vest and specially a backpack fuck with your center of gravity, forcing bad form
>>75727775Backpack can slip off too
>>75727793Let's be honest. It matters, but it doesn't matter "a lot."
>>75727798say that to your shoulders after three month of pulling up with a heavy backpack
>>75727798It matters a lot once you get to decent weights. 40kg backpack will turn your pull ups into inverted rows
>>75727793how does a vest fuck with your center of gravity if u have the same weight in the front and back
>>75727775depends on how much, with a vest i load only one side (back for pushing and front for pulling) and i go for 20~ reps, so i don't anymore, it's boring and you can't really push it.weight belt still the best for pulling, only good things about backbacks is i only had that so my traps blew up as a teen from rucking and doing pullups.
>>75728042Your center of gravity moves up into your chest instead of around your abdomen. Since it gets closer to the origin of the pulling vector (your armpits), your body can accommodate itself to the easiest pull angle, which would be closer to an inverted row. If your center of gravity was lower, as with a dipping belt, you would have to lever that weight up like a gymnast and then do an inverted row, which is infinitely more difficult than doing a pull-up, so you end up doing a proper pullup
