It makes me laugh, whenever I post a picture of me wearing ankle weights, the comments roll in: “Wow, old-school!”, “You’re rocking the 80s vibes!”. Am I? Or am I just complementing my workouts and thinking outside of the box? When you can add extra resistance to your workout without changing too much – other than strapping some weight to your ankles – why would you not? It's why I decided to wear ankle weights for every workout for two weeks.
Sometimes, I even left them on all day while going about my daily duties and, let me tell you, when I finally took them off, the feeling was nothing like I've experienced. My legs felt lighter, my body felt like it was floating, and I got that satisfying sense of a hard-earned workout. They're a small investment with a big payoff. Here's what I learned...
