Why use weights?
These small flexible additional loads allow tone you up and are perfect for your static muscle building exercises. Adding weight to your ankles can put more stress on your lower abdominal strap or work your glutes more deeply.
Using weighted accessories also allows you to draw your silhouette. Physiotherapists also choose this material to gradually strengthen an isolated muscle group. Finally, weights are an excellent way to regain good mobility after prolonged immobilization.
Where to place your weights?
With these weights, the load to be lifted increases: the way and the right location of the accessory makes it possible to target a particular muscle. In order to avoid any risk of injury, it is necessary to engage a muscle group and do not place the load on a joint.
For the glutes, scratch your flexible dumbbells at the level of your thigh near the knee. Place your weights at ankle level to develop your quads.
It remains essential not to compress the sensitive areas of your body. The back of the knee or lower back should not be weighted. Such a practice would increase the risk of low back pain or disc disease.
How to use them correctly?
The weight associated with your body should never distort your movement. If you place your weights at ankle level, start with a 500 gram load to familiarize yourself.
Performing your movements with too much weight can lead to imbalance or the adoption of a dangerous and unsuitable posture. Your joints should not be overextended.
Weights present certain risks if you use them when jogging or during sports activities that strain the joints. During these efforts, they support 3 times your usual weight with each impact. Adding several kilos of loads hanging on your ankles increases the risk of injury, tendonitis or premature fatigue of your cartilage.
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