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Using hand or ankle weights while exercising can increase your risk of injury
Walking or running with weights can be dangerous
However, new research shows that using hand or ankle weights while you walk or run can actually increase your risk of injury. That’s because the high repetition of swinging your weighted arms and legs places unnecessary stress on the joints and smaller muscles, and it can change your natural movements as well as impede proper exercise form.
Further, research shows that carrying weights burns only about five to 10 extra calories; not the 30 to 300 extra calories as claimed in the past.
To avoid overuse injury, weights should be put down periodically during exercise. However, setting the weights down is difficult when you’re outside running or brisk walking. Here are some safer options:
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Originally published in Wellness Matters, Canada Wide Media’s quarterly newsletter on health and wellness.