I posted a couple of days ago about how I've introdued wrist weights into my exercise
routine. Today, thanks to inclement weather, I learned that using them while walking on
a treadmill brings my awkwardness game to the next level.
My surmise is the culprit is the complication a moving, level platform presents:
humans don't naturally walk at a steady pace. There's a lot of subtle mechanics
at work in keeping one's body upright, balanced, and stationary relative to a
platform moving at 3 MPH. Add to that 5 lbs. of additional weight on the forearms
and concentrate on keeping them level with the platform, and voila! One hot mess
with a high heart rate.
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