I have this vest and a couple other designs
https://www.walmart.com/ip/ZFOsports-Adjustable-Weighted-Vest/53982681
It's comfortable enough.
For hiking I prefer to ruck as opposed to a vest.
Stay away from ankle weights. They're hard on joints and screw up biomechanics
There's no magic "cardio" formula for fat loss
You need to be in a caloric deficit to lose fat
You need to do heavy resistance training to inspire the body to spare lean body mass.
You need to spare lean body mass to manipulate the body to preferentially burn fat.
If you don't inspire the body...
I combine Escalating Density Training with kettlebell complexes
Currently I'm training with kettlebells 4 days a week, 2 days heavy and 2 days moderate
Day 1 - Goerner's Chain 20kg > 40kg
Day 2 - Dbl clean squat press - 20min PR Zone 32kgs
Day 3 - Heavy dbl presses and cleans I work up to the...
There are no bad exercises. There are ways of implementing exercises that are likely to be injurious.
When implementing exercises something that gets little to no recognition outside of science based or "evidence based" programming is that EVERYTHING has a cost. Not everything has a benefit...
No high exertion burpees are good for getting ready for high exertion burpees. Physical therapists, chiropractors and orthopedic surgeons don't hate them either.
Endurance on a physiological level is capillary density. The best way to improve capillary density is time out walking, hiking, etc....
Before you start rucking you might want to figure out the average amount of time you plan on hiking everyday. Start putting in unweighted walks/hikes that are...
Hunting is rucking
Everything you do requires a percentage of absolute strength. The stronger you are the easier everything is.
80% of your training should be strength endurance and endurance training (SPP)
20% of your training should be absolute strength and endurance strength training (GPP)