ive been training with weighted clothes for about a year now. in the beggining i started out with 100lbs total now im up to about 250lbs. i wanted to know if it is dangerous to add more. my body weight is 220lbs and every night my joints acke. is 470lbs too much for my leggs? opinions welcome.

...wtf....where do you get THESE weighted clothes?

=O

I have an old British Army assualt vest that I run in, I put bags of sand in the puches to weight it down.

Like most things, start slowly and build up.

Also bear in mind over here a common reason for a medical discharge from the forces is shin splints and knackered knees; two things to bear in mind if you are overloading yourself and running on hard tarmacced surfaces like pavements/sidewalks.

Out of interest, how long do you run at a weight before increasing?

I started out by putting in 10lbs extra, then another 10lbs two weeks later and so on.

Also, are you doing this for cardio of weights? I can only see a case for it in running and dips/pull ups etc.

I add on 50lbs a month its for weight training i dont run with it on otherwise my leggs would be in allot of pain. i take it off to sleep and to go on runs. i can run miles without stopping its amazing and it also freaks me out. my size has not increased much mainly i get more cut as the months go on. what im wondering is wiether or not i should stop for the sake of my joints.

from what i heard weighted clothes training can crush your skeletal structure and is very dangerous to sleep with those on or have on for a long time

Yep, wear it for a workout and then take it off.