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Wrist weight

A variety of fitness and training techniques are known. Weight training is known to be an important method of exercise for many reasons such as conditioning for athletic activities, an aid in prevention or postponement of diseases such as osteoporosis, physical therapy after injury or disease, and even as an aid in relieving stress. In today's health conscious society, the benefits of regular, moderate exercise are almost universally recognized. One of the most popular and effective forms of exercise is training utilizing weight resistance. This type of training can be pure weight training such as using barbells and other very heavy weights to provide weight resistance. Another form of weight training combines aspects of aerobic exercise with moderate weight resistance. It is this second form of aerobic exercise combined with moderate weight resistance for which the present invention is particularly suited. Various types of aerobic training combined with moderate weight resistance are exercise regimens as follows: walking or jogging combined with ankle or wrist weights; step aerobics with ankle or wrist weights; swimming with hand weights; bicycling with ankle weights. Almost any form of aerobic exercise can be combined with ankle or wrist weights to increase the benefits of the exercise. It is customary for exercisers, notably joggers and runners, to carry separate weights, hand-held, usually, to enhance the benefit of the jogging or running exercise. In addition, to insure against dehydration, they also carry water bottles, or have it arranged that, at sites along the course, potable water will be available to them.

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