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I'm curious - Do you folks like weight on your body (people, animals, weighted blankets on top of you) (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago by Mint@lemmy.one to c/autism@lemmy.world
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[–] Mint@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I mean weighted vests do exist in real life but are usually aimed a kids, like so many autism things tend to. Actually just looked it up weighted vests seem to be sold for "training" as well.

[–] Hupf@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Beware for real life application though. https://youtu.be/zOoY8kKRg4Q

[–] ratboy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, the training is called rocking. I had a friend who used one while hiking, its cool cuz it has a bunch of small metal plates that you can put on and take off to adjust the weight so you can work your way up