While weighted equipment as such continues the process of calorie burning, what they also do is increase your metabolic cost of any given activity, i.e. increase the actual amount of energy expended during an exercise or activity. While it’s important to burn more calories (use up more energy) than you consume to slim down, addition of ankle weights or weighted vests during your routine exercise regime can accelerate results and make you burn more calories than what is generally expected.

It’s an accessible way to add load to exercises where you elevate your leg. They can also be used to make cardio exercises more challenging due to the added weight.

Ankle weights, which are strapped onto the body, can make your muscles work harder than usual in a given exercise. In such a manner, you can better tone up your muscles and burn calories more efficiently.

Not to forget, apart from speeding up the weight loss process in itself, the use of weights can improve overall fitness levels and make you perform in a better manner. They have also been studied to improve fat burn and reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases.