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What's the verdict on ankle/wrist weights? I know jogging with ankle weights is a big nono because it can cause damage to muscles and ligaments over time, but wrist weights are very common in boxing exercises and other martial arts as well. Jogging with wrist weights while stretching your arms burns an astronomical amount of calories.
Share your experience and bro-science research
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They kinda work, though they don't give you progressive overload unless you regularly increase the weight. Plus generally the direction of force is wrong, e.g. punching with wrist weights adds force downward, not towards you like you'd want for more powerful punches.
also ankle weights are stupid, your knee/hip joints were not designed for tension (ie pulling-apart forces), only for compressive (pushing-together) forces
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>>42504306
>punching with wrist weights adds force downward, not towards you like you'd want for more powerful punches.
So you're saying you shouldn't do straights but uppercuts instead? I've seen guys shadowboxing with 20lb dumbbells doing punches in all directions.
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>>42504306
They also provide resistance in the direction you're punching as you require more force to move a greater mass
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>>42504244
The smaller ones are exceptionally good and cheap for using as microplates. Shit for everything else.
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