Stay In Shape With the Help of Weighted Clothing

This post was written by William Douglas on January 18, 2012
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Adding resistance to any regular workout can help to burn calories and produce better results faster. Resistance training can be done in many different ways; the most common method is with free weights like dumbbells.

Another option people use is to wear weighted clothing such as a weighted vest to make their workouts harder. Weights for your ankles and wrists can also be used during your workouts or during your everyday activities.

Since their tiny and easy to carry, ankle and wrist weights are ideal for a person who travels often or is always on the go. Fitting in a workout on vacation can be very difficult, but if you have wrist or ankle weights with you, simply walking around is a workout.

They’re easy to wear under your clothing so people won’t even notice that you’re wearing them. While at work simply typing any keyboard is now an exercise for your forearms and biceps.

Ankle and wrist weights aren’t especially heavy, but the small weight that they are is enough to make your muscles in your arms and legs work harder. Some types of weighted clothing will also have the feature of being able to adjust the weight as your body becomes accustomed to it.

Ankle and wrist weights are ideal if you love to workout outdoors. They can be strapped on for walking or jogging in the park or on the beach where lugging dumbbells would be impractical. Wearing wrist weights has the added advantage of freeing up your hands for greater flexibility and range of stretching motions.

Since these weights are strapped to your wrist and ankle joints, they need to be small weights to minimize injury to the joints. Wrist and ankle weights are not appropriate for serious muscle building where you are targeting larger muscle groups like thigh or chest muscles.

In the end, if you’re looking to build larger muscles your best bet would be to use dumbbells and barbells. There are many different varieties of dumbbells such as adjustable, but don’t forget that you can always use ankle and wrist weights in conjunction with any workout.

William Douglas is a freelance writer who lives in Los Angeles who specializes in writing about home fitness items such as a weighted vest.

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