Anonymous wrote:You really need heavier weights for leg exercises. 10 lbs isn't going to make a difference but wear them on your wrists. If you don't want to spend money you could just grab something heavy around your house. Hold 2 huge laundry jugs or gallons of water/milk even a stack of heavy books while you squat or lunge. Anything heavy would work for now, but you really do need heavier weights if you want to see any kind of progress.

Thanks to you and PP - I do have weights (pairs of 5, 12, 20 lb dumbbells, and 1 18 and 2 35 lb kettlebells; I can use only one of the 35 right now). I’m following a multi week program that involved using ankle weights for days with Pilates-style routines, and read that I could add them in combo to increase the challenge with what I have, I just didn’t know if wrist or ankle use made more sense.

You really need heavier weights for leg exercises. 10 lbs isn't going to make a difference but wear them on your wrists. If you don't want to spend money you could just grab something heavy around your house. Hold 2 huge laundry jugs or gallons of water/milk even a stack of heavy books while you squat or lunge. Anything heavy would work for now, but you really do need heavier weights if you want to see any kind of progress.

On the wrists for those exercises.

I know this is a silly question but I’m following a trainer on YouTube, have a leg day workout to do, have limited dumbbells and kettlebells, and have purchased 5 lb weights that can be worn wrist or ankle to up the challenge as the workout plan continues.

If the exercises involve holding a weight at shoulder level for a split lunge, or at the chest for a goblet squat, should the weights be worn on the hands or legs? The transitions of 15 sec are tight so I cannot really switch things out fast. Any advice welcome!