Loc Talon Wrote:Satrina Wrote:70pds might not seem like a lot because it's pretty easy to lift that...but try to imagine it resting on your shoulders, head and weighing you down WHILE you engage in combat and fatigue. Also try picking up 70 pds and jumping 4ft down a ledge, actually don't because you'd blow out something.
60-70 lbs is still on the high end, I chose to use the high-end measurement for the sake of making the point. Most historians agree that the average weight was typically between 45-60 lbs. Also, as mentioned above, I have done the things that you've mentioned above...alot. Combat training, maneuver excercises, etc with 90 lbs of gear strapped to my back and through out the rest of my body. Even then, that is taking the -light- combat gear(being the warm weather gear). The cold weather attire weighs a good 10 lbs more than that.
So, speaking from experience, It is possible and easily done. -Especially-, when you are regularly running, jumping, and fighting in the said attire.
I just wanted to add on, having similar experience, that when wearing this sort of armor, it doesn't necessarily feel like you're wearing that much, as when you're wearing such armor thats fitted and strapped on correctly, the weight distribution makes it much lighter and easier to move around in. Combine that with long periods of training (such as pages->squires->knights) it may feel like a natural part of your body.
