Ankle weights for fitness walkers

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The problem of walking with ankle pain or body weight that interferes with the training process is always a reason why practitioners want to quickly give up. How to reduce ankle pain when walking? The following article would like to share some necessary information.

1. Advantages of ankle dumbbells


When performing exercises, we can feel the action of our legs if we add weights to our ankles. Ankle weights that are attached to the ankle position will help increase the feeling of the leg while helping to improve the quality of the exercise better. What's more, when adding weights to your ankles, you can easily get a good cardio workout. The benefits we get through ankle weights are specifically:
Improve endurance Endurance is always a criterion that cannot be ignored when performing any exercise. There are many trials involving ankle weights that have compared and received extremely positive results. The main reason is that the weight of the dumbbells makes your body need to be strong and strong enough to resist the weight of the ankle dumbbells. Thanks to increased endurance, the body also limits cardiovascular and lung diseases.
Shaping the legs more perfect The legs are also a highlight that affects the overall beauty. When you lift weights with your legs, you will gradually feel more comfortable and your muscle mass will be stronger without any excess fat like in the first days.
Increase mobility of muscle mass Lifting heavy objects makes your movement even better. If you do regular leg weight lifting exercises, combined with a moderate living habit, the mobility of your legs becomes more and more flexible.
Increases the ability to burn calories Adding weights to your legs will help burn calories more efficiently. As the weight increases, the force exerted by the leg increases to overcome the ankle weight. Therefore, the energy source consumes more and will need more calories to convert energy for the body to avoid fatigue and exhaustion.
Good for health When we regularly exercise with ankle weights, the body will improve health and increase muscle strength. When the muscles are exercised, not only the slim thighs and buttocks, the tendons or calves are also affected and their mobility increases significantly.
As a form of aid for water exercises There are many athletes who choose to add ankle weights when swimming. Originally, we need the lightest body to float easily when in the water, but movement is the opposite. They need a challenge to win it and make a new record. Thanks to water training, muscle strength will increase and reduce knee pain, ankle pain.
Increase safety efficiency for abdominal exercises Abdomen is the easiest place to accumulate fat and also the most difficult to remove excess fat. Therefore, the combination of ankle weights and increased body resistance always brings good results.

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2. Disadvantages of ankle dumbbells


Although ankle weights bring many benefits to users, there are still some disadvantages that need to be noticed. We ourselves will out of greed hope to lose weight soon and without long-term exercise will lift individual eye weights. But that is the cause of dangerous accidents for everyone.
You are also advised not to overuse ankle weights. If you accidentally increase your weight, it will not be good for you. When that happens, the muscles will get tired which can lead to joint stress that affects muscle building.
Ankle weights are a meaningful tool, but cannot be used arbitrarily if you do not want your health to be weak.

3. Choose the right ankle weight


An effective way to use ankle weights is to choose the right weight for your body's resistance. Increase your exercise time with ankle weights to achieve quick results. Each of us needs to choose the right size to ensure the highest safety when exercising.
However, you are not recommended to wear ankle weights while jogging or walking. The weight of weights is sometimes the reason for the change in gait. Therefore, you need to pay attention to avoid losing your legs.

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Reference sources: mayoclinic.org, yourhousefitness.com
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