Ankle Weights and their negativity..

coachmanzi · **Ankle Weights and their negativity.. -** 03-29-2006, 12:01 AM

alright, so, kvb posted that she was was wearing ankle weights and wrist weights all day, and it's just one of my big pet peeves due to the fact that they don't do anything for you at all...tell all your friends and stay away from them, for the love of jebus!
pretty much, here's why..
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Originally Posted by Dr Gabe Mirkin

Wearing ankle weights will not help you to run faster or longer, or jump higher. Training is specific. To run faster in competition, you have to run fast in practice. Ankle weights slow you down because they interfere with your coordination and make you work much harder to raise your knees. To train your muscles so you will be able to run longer, you have to run faster or for a longer time. The heavy weights will tire you earlier so you will not be able to run as fast or as far.

Using ankle weights won't help you to jump higher, either. To jump higher, you have to strengthen your leg muscles in the same way that you would use them to jump. When you wear ankle weights, you strengthen your leg muscles for lifting weights off the ground with your feet. When you jump, you raise your body off the ground. To help you to jump higher, you have to raise your body up against resistance. You do this by doing leg presses or squats with heavy weights on your shoulders.

Ankle weights can also increase your chances of being injured. Since they force you to lift a much heavier weight when you raise your knees, they strengthen the quadriceps muscles in the front of your upper leg without strengthening the hamstrings in the back equally. This can make your quad muscle proportionately so much stronger than your hamstrings that you are prone to injury. The same principles apply to carrying weights when you walk or run, or wearing weighted belts or other devices. Strength training should be done using weights with proper form in specific exercises, and should be kept separate from your aerobic activities.

mycena · 03-29-2006, 10:36 AM

I'm with ya Coach! Doing anything all day with weights is training slow twitch muscles anyway. When you want to move quick/ be fast you have to think fast twitch baby!!

Mr. Owl · 03-29-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by coachmanzi

alright, so, kvb posted that she was was wearing ankle weights and wrist weights all day, and it's just one of my big pet peeves due to the fact that they don't do anything for you at all...tell all your friends and stay away from them, for the love of jebus!
pretty much, here's why..
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Coach,

I know there is no factual bases other then getting the makers rich, but the concept of resistance in strengh training is a fact, we see this in the gym every day. The difference is that the weight is to light for a general muslce group.

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, I know you will get a kick out of it...

ChrisKersey · 03-29-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Owl

Coach,

I know there is no factual bases other then getting the makers rich, but the concept of resistance in strengh training is a fact, we see this in the gym every day. The difference is that the weight is to light for a general muslce group.
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The difference is that you are dangling the weight on the wrong side of the musclegroup you are trying to exercise. The object of weightlifting is resistance against gravity. You place the weight above the muscle group you want to work, not below. If the object of wearing ankleweights is to run faster or jump higher, then to get any benefit from ankleweights, you would need to wear them above your waist.

If you wear them below the waist, jumping or running with them is going to cause an unnatural jerking tension against your hip and knee joints, kind of like bungee jumping

kvb · 03-29-2006, 10:06 PM

Ok guys, thanks for the input. Maybe I should clarify.

I'm wearing the ankle and wrist weights at WORK at my desk job the last serveral days for hours on end, but NOT while exercising!! No plans to do that at all for fear of injuries/trashing knees. It's do that (wear weights at work) else no exercise this week since work is 12-13+ hour days this week.

It's been only a few days, but I do notice some results...probably one of the best improvements in shoulders and upper arms and am surprised to actually see/feel results in abs of all places! Too early to say if it's any different in serving, hitting, etc., but I did serve over 10 points straight in a game yesterday, but I think they just sucked in passing!

ChrisKersey · 03-31-2006, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kvb

Ok guys, thanks for the input. Maybe I should clarify.

I'm wearing the ankle and wrist weights at WORK at my desk job the last serveral days for hours on end, but NOT while exercising!! No plans to do that at all for fear of injuries/trashing knees. It's do that (wear weights at work) else no exercise this week since work is 12-13+ hour days this week.

It's been only a few days, but I do notice some results...probably one of the best improvements in shoulders and upper arms and am surprised to actually see/feel results in abs of all places! Too early to say if it's any different in serving, hitting, etc., but I did serve over 10 points straight in a game yesterday, but I think they just sucked in passing!

ah, office exercise. can you set up a net in your office?

mycena · 03-31-2006, 09:34 AM

Ohh now there is a good idea. Hmmm Where could I put up a net..... Maybe I could string one between the Brontosaurus and the Triceratops!! I think that would actually work!!!

NewEnglandRT · 03-31-2006, 06:12 PM

FYI mycena works in a museum. Now her post may make more sense

DougHillman · 08-07-2006, 08:13 PM

The OP's quote isn't really entirely correct.

Wearing weights while you do specific exercises most definately will produce benefits. That's the ENTIRE purpose of weight training. Is he dismissing the notion that weight training makes you stronger? Your body weight can only take you so far. If you've done a complete jump training program and your vertical jump has stabilized, do it again with a 15 pound weight vest and you're gonna see results when you take that vest off.

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NewEnglandRT · 08-07-2006, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DougHillman

The OP's quote isn't really entirely correct.

Wearing weights while you do specific exercises most definately will produce benefits. That's the ENTIRE purpose of weight training. Is he dismissing the notion that weight training makes you stronger? Your body weight can only take you so far. If you've done a complete jump training program and your vertical jump has stabilized, do it again with a 15 pound weight vest and you're gonna see results when you take that vest off.

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Well, there's a big difference between doing a resistance program with a weight vest, adding weight to your core and using ankle weights which put unneccessary strain on the joints. Another issue is they're 'unsprung weight' for lack of a better term. They add weight away from the weight you're pushing.... there's a better way to put that, but I'm tired and it's as good as it gets now.