weighted vest

A weighted vest is a wearable fitness vest with added weight, used during walks and workouts. Currently trendy on wellness TikTok. Not concerning, generally safe; check pediatric guidance for teens. If your kid uses it constantly, ask them where they first heard it, not to police their speech but to understand which online community they are in. Most slang of this kind moves through TikTok and group chats, so seeing it in your child's vocabulary just means they are plugged into normal teen internet culture.

Weighted vest is a fitness-equipment noun describing a vest loaded with weights for added resistance during exercise. Use in fitness writing. Formal equivalent: "loaded resistance vest." Common non-native mistake: confusing with bulletproof or body-armour vests. The fitness context is clear from setting. Often associated with the recent rucking and incline-walking trends. Read or listen to the word in context several times before trying it yourself; the right register is harder to learn than the dictionary meaning.