Walking for Exercise with a Weight Belt

using ankle weights when walking is not recommended, especially for
those with pre-existing knee problems!

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"Supergoof" wrote in message
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revek wrote ...
"Steve" wrote ...
My
solution was to add an additional 20 pounds by using a weight
belt.
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Really good idea. Unfortunately no dive shops in my area. Sigh.
Time to
start surfing the web with my card again.

Could you get the same effect by using 2 or 4 bum bags (fanny packs)
with
weights of some sort in them? Have them evenly spaced front & back and
either side. Might look a bit lumpy though ) (my butt looks like
that
without the bum bags!)

I've seen people walking with hand weights, and I've seen ankle
weights for
sale in some sports shops too.

Rachel
(New Zealand)

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"Supergoof" writes:
I've seen people walking with hand weights, and I've seen ankle weights for
sale in some sports shops too.


I have heard rumors, no hard facts, about ankle weights being bad for
the knees. I personally wouldn't try them, but check around before
trying them to make sure.

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Weights are not necessary as the activity of walking take
enormous energy to activate the thigh muscles.

You don't want to trigger glucose burning either by raising
heart rate levels.