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danmooj1
United States1855 Posts
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cAtAcLySmIc
United States552 Posts
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k3fka
Argentina1267 Posts
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itzme_petey
United States1400 Posts
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NubainMuscle
South Africa423 Posts
They work great in moderation, but do not overexert yourself. Try not to do lots of heavy sprinting, jumping, etc. Back when I played basketball many guys were straining ACLs, Calcaneal tendons, etc. by trying to dunk with ankle weights on to improve their vertical leap. | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
On July 26 2005 14:57 itzme_petey wrote: Run up and down a hill. Thats what my old coach told me to do, worked out pretty well. I would also recommend hill sprints for increasing your speed on a tennis court. | ||
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artofmagic
United States1951 Posts
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LetMeBeWithYou
Canada4254 Posts
On July 26 2005 16:32 artofmagic wrote: ankle weights do you help you be faster...just watch prince of tennis(anime)... anyway just dont over do it.. dude... I don't think you should watch ANIME in order to do learn .. anything ...\ edit expect learning japanese or something | ||
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ZaplinG
United States3818 Posts
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danmooj1
United States1855 Posts
On July 26 2005 16:32 artofmagic wrote: ankle weights do you help you be faster...just watch prince of tennis(anime)... anyway just dont over do it.. lol i do watch it.. its pretty fun | ||
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danmooj1
United States1855 Posts
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Freyr
United States500 Posts
If you want to improve your speed, do sprint workouts. Also, look into the olympic lifts (c&j and the snatch), they have been known to increase running speed. Design yourself a solid lifting program with your goals in mind, and couple it with some tennis specific agility and speed training, and you will be far better off than using ankle weights. Of course my knowledge of the specifics is rudimentary at best. I recommend you ask the same question in the appropriate section of sports specific program, who will no doubt be able to answer your question in greater depth. I suggest you check out the Health and Fitness section at -Questions regarding ankle/wrist weights come up ALL the time there. /www.martialartsplanet.com/forums Hope this helps  | ||
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ColdSoup
United States447 Posts
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danmooj1
United States1855 Posts
On July 26 2005 17:43 Freyr wrote: Ankle weights will not make you faster. The resistance provided is not sufficient to train the fast twitch muscle fibers that will increase your speed. You will of course feel like you are faster after using ankle weights, but the effect is purely psychological. Training with ankle weights, or wrist weights for that matter, will indeed make you better at moving with the weights, but there will be little to no carryover to movement without them, and the carryover is not worth the damage you could/would do to your body using them (mentioned above) If you want to improve your speed, do sprint workouts. Also, look into the olympic lifts (c&j and the snatch), they have been known to increase running speed. Design yourself a solid lifting program with your goals in mind, and couple it with some tennis specific agility and speed training, and you will be far better off than using ankle weights. Of course my knowledge of the specifics is rudimentary at best. I recommend you ask the same question in the appropriate section of sports specific program, who will no doubt be able to answer your question in greater depth. I suggest you check out the Health and Fitness section at -Questions regarding ankle/wrist weights come up ALL the time there. /www.martialartsplanet.com/forums Hope this helps well what exactly is the purpose of ankle weights? | ||
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NeO)PhOeNiX
Canada250 Posts
On July 26 2005 14:57 itzme_petey wrote: Run up and down a hill. Thats what my old coach told me to do, worked out pretty well. Exactly what I did for my track training. Especially when you go up the hill, it'll put alot of pressure and lactic (spelling?) acid in your muscles. Once you grow accustomed to the strength of the ankle weights, you take them all and you'll feel like Lee right before his fight with Gaara! =D | ||
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