wheighted clothes safety

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.
 
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
 
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