Ok. I am in marching band & drumline and I play the quads ! I am the first girl ever at my school or play them.. im not a beast and they are rather heavy (60lbs). I only weight 120. and am 5'7. I have a parade comming up that is 3miles and need to find a shoulder padding or something to get me through the parade. I have recently did a 30 minute parade and kind of struggled because of the weight !