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Using Euro coins as weights (2004)

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180 points Tomte | 5 comments | 20 Oct 24 10:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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modulovalue ◴[20 Oct 24 12:53 UTC] No.41895049[source]▶
I'm using euro cents as weights in my weighted vest.

When I started doing this I didn't want to afford dedicated weights as it seemed like a waste of money, but I had many cents saved up from my childhood, which I started to use instead.

I have roughly 15kg in euro cents in my vest and I'm regularly talking walks with it.

To get one kilo you need 435 cents and it turns out that in Germany you can also "buy" coins "for free" at the "Bundesbank", that is, you can exchange actual money for weights without any fees. You give 4 euros and 35 cents and you get a kilo. Once you need the money back, you can also sell those coins back to them for free.

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rwmj ◴[20 Oct 24 12:57 UTC] No.41895065[source]▶
What's a weighted vest? Something for diving?
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dmd ◴[20 Oct 24 13:00 UTC] No.41895092[source]▶
It's a way to increase the risk of injury to your knees and ankles and strain your back and shoulders while taking walks, and in general make walking more unpleasant.

Some people think it's an exercise 'life hack'.

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1. naming_the_user ◴[20 Oct 24 13:59 UTC] No.41895409[source]▶
If you're injuring yourself by walking around with a few extra kilos then you are so, so hilariously out of shape that any advice you can give is competely disregardable.
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2. devoutsalsa ◴[21 Oct 24 07:58 UTC] No.41901740[source]▶
I avoided injury when backpacking through the Himalayas by tying helium balloons to by backpack for neutral buoyancy. Had to make slight adjustments as altitude changed, but it all worked out. I had my porter carry the helium tanks.
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3. alistairSH ◴[21 Oct 24 11:00 UTC] No.41902819[source]▶
The OP said their legs were shaking just standing due to lack of exercise. So, they were literally that hilariously out of shape.
4. yohannparis ◴[21 Oct 24 13:11 UTC] No.41903801[source]▶
I do not know if that is satirical, specially the last sentence?
5. naming_the_user ◴[21 Oct 24 13:16 UTC] No.41903850[source]▶
God must have created America, humans wouldn’t have been capable of trekking with such weight.