How much did medieval suits of armor weigh?

[aruvqan]

@bob_2

You may find this: Medieval Knights on a Treadmill Put Historical Myths to the Test interesting

There is a video too.

"But while the fact that wearing armor makes moving (and fighting) more difficult was always obvious, actually dressing volunteers in feudal-era garb and crunching the numbers turned up some interesting results. For instance, Askew says, he found that moving around in armor is actually much more taxing than carrying the same load, but in a backpack. This is partially because of how the weight is distributed. “A suit of medieval armor loads the lower limbs. You have 7 or 8 kilos [15 to 18 pounds] of armor on the legs, so when you swing your legs, your muscles are having to do much more work,”

And what PopMech didn’t do was have their test guys start wearing armor as a smaller child, a page working and training up to be a Man at Arms or Knight for 10-15 years. There are guys in the SCA who can do flips in full armor because they wear it anywhere from a couple hours a day to hundreds and thousands of hours a year at fighter practice and while practicing at the pell in their back yard.