BeaverFit was founded by Tom Beaver in 2010 who created what is essentially a gym-in-a-box to facilitate functional fitness for deployed British military personnel. Since then, they’ve picked up some international business (including America and Australia) and created a wide variety of fitness equipment. Their latest offering are training plates which mimic the form of actual ballistic plates but are intended for use in non-ballistic training such as lifting, runs and road marches. The plates can be had in curved (£150) or flat (£60) configurations. The plates weigh 5 kg each. The curved version incorprate Cerakote to the plate from rust and 10mm neoprene at the rear for use while working out. The flat plates are 10mm thick and offer powder coat protection.
BeaverFit it has been working with C2R and also offers a complimentary Plate Carrier. Available in MultiCam and MultiCam Black, it is made from laser cut 500D Cordura and Hypalon, weighing .5 kg. Additionally, the Plate Carrier is outfitted with a removable Hypalon three magazine carrier,along with three .5 kg training weights to simulate magazines. The Carrier is offered alone or with two 5 kg BeaverFit training plates.
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£150?? Might as well get real plates for that price, even if it’s ar500.
AR500 doesnt ship to the UK amigo
I am going to get E-assaulted on here for this but I will say it anyway. As the team medic I used to really caution my guys about adding excessive weight when doing long distance or repetitive exercises. Hold on one second… I am not saying don’t ever do it but think about what you are doing. The occasional ruck is fine but running every day with weight isn’t. I would posit that running with weight, as opposed to walking, is always a bad idea. Adding some weight to your pull up routine? Fine. Adding giant plates to show the girls in the gym you can do it? Bad. Can I cite a specific study? No. But the government saw fit to send me to a ton of medical and anatomy courses and I know that our bodies are set up to operate within certain parameters based on our natural build. This is why terribly obese people have joint issues. Same goes, actually, for people who roid up and add a ton of muscle then lift heave weights. Point being, think for a second before you buy these and run amok with them strapped to your body.
It has a lot to do with your ability to maintain posture over time. If your posture begins to suffer, so will your movement quality. If your movement quality suffers, things will break. As long as you understand that, training with an external load is fine.
The load is not the problem, it’s the lack of awareness in regards to form that’s the problem. Postural awareness is huge for injury prevention and efficiency of movement.
Doing my part to help on the reeducation front on this piece.
Absolutely agree and that is at the heart of my point. Guys overload and “cheat” on their movement to compensate. This leads to injuries. For a real world example, look at the Cross Fit injuries brought on by over exertion and loss of safe technique.
once a week i’ll do a 20 set double flight stair and then jog up/down a 1.5 mile hill with my PC and plates…then do a dip/pull up/push up workout.. I’ve felt nothing but benefits..
These are a great training aid. They have no ballistic integrity but are designed to allow users the ability to gain strength and stamina without compromising ballistic plates and without having to use plastic / polymer solutions that may not fit there needs.
You have the 5K plates but also available is the 2.5K plates allowing an increase with the addition that you can add / marry up plate weight as your strength and stamina increases. Also you can add your own company / personal graphics to the front and or back of each plate (please contact retailer reference this).
In respect of AR500, yes we can secure it in the UK however its not something one shouts about for many reasons, however that is secondary to this post.
These are available from https://www.hr4k.co.uk/ or https://www.tactical-clothing.co.uk/ both of which have international shipping options.
If you want a precise training weight (Plate & Magazine), which is manufactured to your regular sized plate with the options of personal graphics, well currently this is one of, if only, the best on that market.