{"id":13206,"date":"2009-10-23T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=13206"},"modified":"2009-10-23T09:57:41","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T14:57:41","slug":"best-ankle-weights-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/best-ankle-weights-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Ankle Weights Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I was\u00a0walking to work the other morning,\u00a0a lady with ankle weights and dumbbells<\/a> in her hands power-walked right on by me.\"ankle<\/a><\/p>\n

First off, this added resistance during aerobic activity strains the joints and can cause injury to the ligaments and tendons. Secondly, it just silly.<\/p>\n

So, if you are guilty of this, please do your joints and your body a favor by hitting regular non-weight\/resistance bearing cardio followed up\u00a0by your weight training<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is a proven fact that the human body reacts to specific training (Law of Specificity). The\u00a0Law of Specificity\u00a0refers to the similarity between a training activity (exercise) and the actual task\u00a0(goal). If you are training to run faster in a competition, then you have to run fast in practice (not use ankle weights). It is as simple as that.<\/p>\n

With that being said,\u00a0ankle weights are a great way to add progression to an exercise in the weight room. For example, a standard leg raise for the lower abdominals can be made more challenging simply by adding ankle weights or any type of weight or resistance for that matter.<\/p>\n

Below are a few exercises that can be performed with ankle weights. The majority of exercises that can be performed with ankle weights are for the abdominals\u00a0or the hips\/hip flexors.\u00a0I recommend performing two sets of 20 repetitions of the following exercises. Good luck and please feel free to ask if you have any questions!<\/p>\n

Ankle Weight Exercises<\/strong><\/p>\n