Ankle weights for training,yea or nay?

[rocketsocks]

Is the old mode of ankle weights good for building muscles or is the risk of injury just to great and more harm can come from doing so, if so, what could you do to build those muscles that the ankle weights would stimulate?

[kayak karl]

put some weights on your computer chair and place your monitors around the room. get shag carpeting to slow it down. if you already drilled holes in the chair arms because you are UL, you may have to add extra weight.

[leaftye]

I don't see the point unless you wear heavy boots or wear those ankle weights at or above your hips. I suppose it's not a bad idea if you're training to gain 6000 feet in elevation in a few hours. That's the only time my hip flexors got sore while wearing sneakers.

[rocketsocks]

put some weights on your computer chair and place your monitors around the room. get shag carpeting to slow it down. if you already drilled holes in the chair arms because you are UL, you may have to add extra weight.

I just finished building a harness like the old Cigars/Cigarettes tray, so I don't have to miss a post...might even start selling them, even got a secret compartment for a knife/gun underneath, with a built-in water filter that also coolsand cleans my watertube filled glasses at and around the forehead area. Not sure what to call it?

[rocketsocks]

I don't see the point unless you wear heavy boots or wear those ankle weights at or above your hips. I suppose it's not a bad idea if you're training to gain 6000 feet in elevation in a few hours. That's the only time my hip flexors got sore while wearing sneakers.

Yeah, I don't know, got and old pair, and just throwing it out there, figured the consensus has changed on that to.

[Spirit Walker]

Sounds like a really good way to screw up your knees.

[Rasty]

put some weights on your computer chair and place your monitors around the room. get shag carpeting to slow it down. if you already drilled holes in the chair arms because you are UL, you may have to add extra weight.

Rocket - You could also slow down your mouse. Go to your control panel and change your mouse speed to the slowest setting. You'd burn 4000 calories daily and have one Popeye sized arm.

[rocketsocks]

Sounds like a really good way to screw up your knees.

Well that's what I was wondering.

Rocket - You could also slow down your mouse. Go to your control panel and change your mouse speed to the slowest setting. You'd burn 4000 calories daily and have one Popeye sized arm.

Eeh ceh ceh ceh ceh, skeet-in/scat-in/deedle/doodle/de/de/dum/de-day

[Rasty]

Sounds like a really good way to screw up your knees.

Well that's what I was wondering.

Rocket - You could also slow down your mouse. Go to your control panel and change your mouse speed to the slowest setting. You'd burn 4000 calories daily and have one Popeye sized arm.

Eeh ceh ceh ceh ceh, skeet-in/scat-in/deedle/doodle/de/de/dum/de-day

Rocket - Did you switch to a Divorac keyboard?

[rocketsocks]

Rocket - Did you switch to a Divorac keyboard?

I don't mind saying....What!
what is Divorac, sound like a blood pressure medicine for key boards......

[Rasty]

Rocket - Did you switch to a Divorac keyboard?

I don't mind saying....What!
what is Divorac, sound like a blood pressure medicine for key boards......

It a keyboard for one handed people. Its also fun to play a joke and program someones Qwerty keyboard as a Divorac keyboard. It screws up all the keys. When you touch the "a" its types something else.

[rocketsocks]

It a keyboard for one handed people. Its also fun to play a joke and program someones Qwerty keyboard as a Divorac keyboard. It screws up all the keys. When you touch the "a" its types something else.

Oooooh! yeah, I have two of them, one for each finger, Hunt and Peck, and a third off to the side for the occasional pinky strike.

[rocketsocks]

It a keyboard for one handed people. Its also fun to play a joke and program someones Qwerty keyboard as a Divorac keyboard. It screws up all the keys. When you touch the "a" its types something else.

Well that explains it, my kid keeps messing with my settings/keyboard, and each time I hit the "F" key, this pops upAttachment 16701Let me know if you really wanna see it again, hehehe

[House of Payne]

I tried a different training routine for my summer trip to the whites in NH this year. Aside from regular walking miles I got a 35 lb weight vest and wore it when I used the stairmaster at the gym. The result was I didn't fatigue as quickly on the ups as I normally would.

[Connie]

Walking stairs is helpful. Running stairs is helpful, if you need to do anerobic climbing for a major mountain (over 10,000' altitude).

For everything else, gradual training with shallow knee bends is helpful for a major effort.

Most people condition best for hiking by hiking.

I recommend my webpage Conditioning for Hiking:
http://www.ultralightbackpackingonline.info/links2.html

Don't worry, it is a .info website.

If you are reluctant to use lightweight hiking shoes for the more lightweight backpacking that is so popular now, "google" ankle rehab pdf for some helpful information.

There is so much help, right here in the forum, for having a more lightweight backpack if you are interested. Oh, duh, that is what my website shown in my signature below is all about.

[Grits]

No 10,000 footers here but we do have plenty of 4-5-6000 footers. http://www.carolinamountainclub.org/...th-Beyond-6000

http://tehcc.org/hiking/challenges/south-beyond-6000/ and load those ankle weights up in your pack for your day hiking.

[rocketsocks]

Walking stairs is helpful. Running stairs is helpful, if you need to do anerobic climbing for a major mountain (over 10,000' altitude).

For everything else, gradual training with shallow knee bends is helpful for a major effort.

Most people condition best for hiking by hiking.

I recommend my webpage Conditioning for Hiking:
http://www.ultralightbackpackingonline.info/links2.html

Don't worry, it is a .info website.

If you are reluctant to use lightweight hiking shoes for the more lightweight backpacking that is so popular now, "google" ankle rehab pdf for some helpful information.

There is so much help, right here in the forum, for having a more lightweight backpack if you are interested. Oh, duh, that is what my website shown in my signature below is all about.

Cool, like your site

No 10,000 footers here but we do have plenty of 4-5-6000 footers. http://www.carolinamountainclub.org/...th-Beyond-6000

http://tehcc.org/hiking/challenges/south-beyond-6000/ and load those ankle weights up in your pack for your day hiking.

nice site too!

[Llama Legs]

To me, the worst part of being a section hiker is NOT being able to ramp up your conditioning on the trail. To have a fighting chance, I packhaul 3-5 times a week for 30 days prior with an extra 10 pounds over my anticipated trail weight. I also start using trekking poles two weeks prior. And every time, after two weeks of conditioning on the real trail I'm raring to go farther, but life has me shackled...

[hikerboy57]

wrist weights.between these and chrome, you'll be unstoppable!
i think KK is jealous of airconditioning.

[Spokes]

I tried a different training routine for my summer trip to the whites in NH this year. Aside from regular walking miles I got a 35 lb weight vest and wore it when I used the stairmaster at the gym. The result was I didn't fatigue as quickly on the ups as I normally would.

1+ on the weight vest.