Get you some ankle weights, every step is a rep baby.
>>76681025this feels like anime nerd shortcut bs that won’t work and may give you joint problems.
>>76681025STOP. THINK. Ask yourself the following question:>Why isn't everyone using my genius idea?>Why do bodybuilders, athletes and lifting routines NEVER advocate for doing this?
I use these for weighted leg raises but wearing these while walking is dumb. if you want extra weight while walking/running then just get a rucking pack.
>>76681393i mean every professional and influencers were doing ice baths and recent studies show that it made recovery worse. You can't go off of what everyone else is doing.But yes, ankle weights is stupid as shit.
Okay but explain why ankle weights don't work though? So long as you're not dragging your feet and lifting as you walk, why wouldn't you get passive gains? (even if small)
>>76681465go to a gym with a leg extension machine. set it to like 60lbs. you should be able to do reps for days at that weight. your ankle weights are not 30lbs a piece, they’re like 2.
>>76681496They're 20 lbs a piece, and I walk 20k steps a day (on average). On free days I still hit the gym.
>>76681465you'll hit the ceiling where they're not challenging to use pretty quickly, and you can't increase the weight to make it harder without fucking up your ankles since your body isn't built to have 20+lb focused at that point. if you're trying to get the most out of walking, you can get a ruck backpack for cheap and carry way more weight without fucking up your ankles and knees.but you'll build more muscle and strength in less time with regular weight lifting. If you leg routine is good then adding weighted walks into the mix will be overkill and just slow down recovery time and hinder progress.
>>76681408Athletes and bodybuilders have different definitions of recovery. Athletes use ice baths to reduce inflammation faster do they can compete again sooner, but this worsens muscle recovery. Bodybuilders don't care about that because their "competing" is flexing in front of a camera and they actually want more madd, so being sore isn't an issue for them. Whether or not an ice bath is useful depends entirely on what your end goal is.
>>76681664>reduce inflammation faster do they can compete again sooner, but this worsens muscle recoveryThis only works DURING the physical activity. Such as working out in cold weather will slow down the onset of fatigue allowing you to push yourself a little further. Worsening muscle recovery means performance loss during the physical activity. Very basic physiology here.>Bodybuilders dont care about muscle recoveryThats dumb, your muscles grow during recovery so again you are worsening the results. Unless you are talking about trying to get a pump in which case, again, you would have to do ice baths DURING the workout to get a bigger pump but at the same time you said it reduces inflammation which actually increases the pump so another wrong statement. Literally in every case, ice baths worsens results. Its only going to help during the workout/activity.
>>76681696When I say bodybuilders don't care about recovery I mean they don't care about the soreness included with the inflammation. We're already mixed up because I'm also using "recovery" differently.Someone who has to play a full basketball game almost every single night for 5 months straight will sacrifice optimal muscle repair in order to not be sore every day. That's the use case of the ice bath. Yes, their peak ability will be diminished but it's a tradeoff between being in constant pain while trying to perform vs. performing without the nagging of constant pain. It's a non-issue for a bodybuilder .
>>76681710I can understand trying to reduce pain by icing it but again, you are prolonging the injury if you dont allow it to recover properly. Everything you have said quite literally goes against the goals
>>76681719Yeah that's kinda why we still tear shit lol. Ultimately the best medicine is rest but managers don't like to hear that. Had my second TJ repair surgery by 24. G-league player buddy tore his achilles 2 years into his career.
>>76681729ahhhh okay i see, its all about the season, not the player. From the perspective of the coach, i can completely understand lmao
