When we predicted that wrist weights would be a big fitness trend for 2024, we weren’t wrong. As we type, the TikTok girlies are declaring this season a "Wrist Weight and Hot Girl Walk Summer" and describing walking while wearing wrist weights as "so BRAT" (a la Charli XCX). The app is chock-full of creators crediting the equipment with toning their arms, and there are just as many videos of those influenced hot-footing it to their nearest store to nab a pair. So, question: what are the main wrist weight benefits and why is everyone loving using them RN?
According to Claire Mills, physiotherapist, Pilates instructor and founder of CORE, it’s largely due to their simplicity and accessibility that wrist weights have become so popular. They're just weights that fasten around your wrist like a bracelet, you see, and can also be strapped round your ankles if you'd like to mix things up a little. “They provide an easy way to intensify any workout, come in different weights, are inexpensive, portable and can be used by anyone,” she says. She also cites good marketing as being key to their meteoric rise. “In my opinion, it was Bala who made wrist weights – or as they call them Bala Bangles – trendy and popular, and since then other brands have followed suit."
