Ankle weights

TriZZle305 · 06-19-2002, 07:02 PM

what do ankle weights help with the most... do the make you faster, or just make your legs stronger, or adapt your legs to new weight so that you feel lighter once your legs have adapted and you take the weights off? i plan on buying 1-25 adjustable lb ankle weights so i thought id find out what they do..

LAM · 06-20-2002, 09:22 AM

they are useless...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract

TriZZle305 · 06-20-2002, 09:33 AM

i didnt really get what the site was saying? how are the completely uselsess? i wont even get muscle memory from being 50 pounds heavier(if i used all the weight)?

i could see how i could be wrong because im basing all i know on a cartoon i saw...

he went to a planet with a stronger gravity and got used to it so when he came back to earth he was faster, could jump higher,etc

lol kindof dumb but it seemed logical

LAM · 06-20-2002, 10:50 AM

what are you trying to improve ?

TriZZle305 · 06-20-2002, 02:54 PM

anything that they will improove.? i guess speed, strength, ups, agility, everything you need for a sport besides brain... im doing most of the other workouts to improove them but i thought if my body got used to carying some extra weight it would benefit all of those things

LAM · 06-20-2002, 03:35 PM

they are useless for weight trainers unless they are elderly and are new to any type of resistance training.

in your case, stick to plyometrics and expolosive lifting movements like squats, jump squats, high pulls etc.

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html

TriZZle305 · 06-20-2002, 03:38 PM

thanks LAM this is the site i needed... jump squats? what are those they sound a little dangerous

Leniox · 06-21-2002, 10:27 AM

I also heard ankle weights will make you run faster & jump higher as well. Who knows!

TJohn · 06-21-2002, 04:00 PM

If you run or jog with ankle weights you could cause ligament damage !! They are basicall good for nothing. Maybe very light for rehab work, that's it.

TJohn

06-19-2002, 07:02 PM	#1
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06-20-2002, 09:22 AM	#2
LAM Gym ratt/Part-time pimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 7,384 Photos: 2	they are useless... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract
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06-20-2002, 09:33 AM	#3
TriZZle305 Go Away Body Fat Elite Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 809 Photos: 8	i didnt really get what the site was saying? how are the completely uselsess? i wont even get muscle memory from being 50 pounds heavier(if i used all the weight)? i could see how i could be wrong because im basing all i know on a cartoon i saw... he went to a planet with a stronger gravity and got used to it so when he came back to earth he was faster, could jump higher,etc lol kindof dumb but it seemed logical
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06-20-2002, 10:50 AM	#4
LAM Gym ratt/Part-time pimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 7,384 Photos: 2	what are you trying to improve ?
	Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ?

06-20-2002, 02:54 PM	#5
TriZZle305 Go Away Body Fat Elite Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 809 Photos: 8	anything that they will improove.? i guess speed, strength, ups, agility, everything you need for a sport besides brain... im doing most of the other workouts to improove them but i thought if my body got used to carying some extra weight it would benefit all of those things
	My "Quest for Strength" Journal The Cheapest Supplement is knowledge! Improve BACK to improve BENCH

06-20-2002, 03:35 PM	#6
LAM Gym ratt/Part-time pimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 7,384 Photos: 2	they are useless for weight trainers unless they are elderly and are new to any type of resistance training. in your case, stick to plyometrics and expolosive lifting movements like squats, jump squats, high pulls etc. http://www.exrx.net/Lists/PowerExercises.html
	Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov TBD ----------------------------------------------------- What you talking about Willis ?

06-20-2002, 03:38 PM	#7
TriZZle305 Go Away Body Fat Elite Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Jacksonville Posts: 809 Photos: 8	thanks LAM this is the site i needed... jump squats? what are those they sound a little dangerous
	My "Quest for Strength" Journal The Cheapest Supplement is knowledge! Improve BACK to improve BENCH

06-21-2002, 10:27 AM	#8
Leniox Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 12	I also heard ankle weights will make you run faster & jump higher as well. Who knows!

06-21-2002, 04:00 PM	#9
TJohn Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania Posts: 445	If you run or jog with ankle weights you could cause ligament damage !! They are basicall good for nothing. Maybe very light for rehab work, that's it. TJohn

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