Virginia National Guard Sgt. Josh Stemmler, a 22-year-old Muay Thai fighter with one Iraq deployment, came in this week to demo columnist Bob Thomas' weight vest workout.
Stemmler said he usually runs and lifts weights to stay fit and said the weight vest fit high enough that it didn't impede movement and that it "definitely make pushups harder."
If the name sounds familiar it's because Josh is the younger brother of past-Military Muscle demo model Matt Stemmler.
(Pictured with Josh is visual ninja Angy Peterson -- assistant managing editor of interactive and visuals here at Gannett Government Media. Angy practices Muay Thai and will toe the line of the Army 10-Miler on Sunday.)
Look for this workout in the Oct. 29 issue of OFFduty, on newsstands Oct. 22.
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The vest: The folks from Perfect Fitness sent us one of their body armor-inspired weight vests for the photo shoot. The vests come in up to 20- and 40-pound versions. We have the 20-pound vest, which comes with 20 small pouches of sand so you can customize the weight. We'll have a full review once we've had a chance to really try it out, but in the meantime ... do you work out with a weight vest? Let us know the details at pt365@militarytimes.com.
