My week wearing ankle weights: 'I was helping kickstart my muscles'
When a knee injury forced me to change my fitness routine, I added Sportneer ankle weights – and got a decent workout I’m a personal trainer.
The Guardian reports: When a knee injury forced me to change my fitness routine, I added Sportneer ankle weights – and got a decent workout I’m a personal trainer.
A self-confessed cardio queen in my 20s and 30s, I alternated days at the gym with dance and Hiit classes and endured long bouts on the full complement of cardio equipment. And then my body caught up with me.
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