Back when I was at school a friend of mine tried these ankle and wrist weights, with worrying results. He wore them when walking around, and while shooting hoops, and developed pains in his joints. After visiting the doctors he was warned that the stress being applied by these aparatus was almost certainly to blame for troubles he was having with his knees and ankles. In fact the problem became troubling enough that he had to sit out all sport for the final term. Just thought I'd post my limited experience with these devices...
|