An exercise vest adapted to be worn about the chest, back and shoulders of the wearer thereof comprising:
- (a) a contoured shoulder fabric portion adapted to be worn about the back of the neck and over shoulders of the wearer terminating in a horizontal lower back edge and a pair of horizontal lower front edges;
- (b) a trapezoidal back fabric portion terminating in parallel top and bottom edges and symmetrical generally downwardly and inwardly tapered side edges, said top edge being continguous with and sewn to the lower back edge of said shoulder portion;
- (c) a fabric chest portion comprising right and left flaps adapted to overlap across the chest of the wearer, said right flaps and left flaps being essentially mirror image of each other, each flap being generally trapezoidal in shape having top and bottom parallel edges, said bottom edge being greater in length than said top edge, an outer generally vertical side edge connecting the outermost ends of said top and bottom edges and an inner generally diagonal edge connecting the innermost ends of said top and bottom edges, said inner diagonal edge being greater in length than said outer vertical side edge, said top edges being continguous with and sewn to the lower front edges of said shoulder portion;
- (d) a pair of adjustable strap securing means interconnecting the lowermost portions of said tapered side edges of said back portion with the lowermost portion of said outer generally vertical side edges of said right and left flaps of said chest portion;
- (e) fastening means for securing said flaps of said chest portion in an overlapping position across the chest of the wearer comprising a pair of straps located on one flap of said chest portion, one strap being affixed at the corner formed by the juncture of the inner diagonal and lower edges of the flap so as to form an extension of said corner and the other strap being affixed along said inner diagonal edge approximately midway between said top and bottom edges, and a corresponding pair of strap receiving loops located on the opposite flap, one of said receiving loops being affixed near the corner formed by the juncture of the outer vertical side edge and the bottom edge and the other receiving loop being affixed along said diagonal edge approximately midway between said top and bottom edges, said straps containing means to secure each strap in a fixed position after said strap has passed through its corresponding receiving loop;
- (f) a plurality of weight pockets affixed to said back and chest portions, said weight pockets being of a uniform size and being uniformly distributed thereon;
- (g) a plurality of weight modules adapted to be selectively and removably inserted into said weight pockets, each of said weight modules being configured to have a size and shape that fills said weight pockets, said weight modules thereby being constrained from all movement once inserted inside one of said pockets;
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- (h) a plurality of identical weights, each of said weights being of a uniform size and mass, and being adapted to be securely held inside of said weight modules.