Animalhouse Fitness MonkeyFeet Lift Dumbbells with Your Legs | Strengthen Your Glutes, Hamstrings, Quads, and Hip Flexors at Home or at Any Gym

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We find it to be pretty durable, especially since you won’t be subjecting the attachment to high impact that could cause the foam to compress over time, activities like runningor tuck jumping. This innovative tool can hold up to a 160-pound dumbbell and allows you to do isolation movements you would otherwise need, say, a leg extension machineto do. They aren’t bad, but they get annoying after a little while with the sliding around and up and down my legs.

This is something that most of us can afford right away without having to budget, and we can also see the perks right away. Have you ever felt like walking on the ground is a fine way to get from point A to point B, but not really your thing? Unlike other systems that can be cattywampus and end up tweaking or leaning against your ankle or foot on one side, these tend to act as a centering force under your foot which seems to be among the most stable designs from my experience. Certain calisthenic skill progressions, like the L-Sit and V-Sit, can also be improved with Monkey Feet.

I NEVER did moves like knee raises and donkey kicks because they felt ineffective from a calisthenic standpoint. Most people have a hard ligament running there that keeps the foot nice and rigid for enjoying long walks on the beach, or savannah, if your prefer. Yet, while chimp feet and bodies can’t do what humans can, it doesn’t appear to be a problem if our feet work like chimpanzee feet. Monkey Feet work by attaching dumbbells to your feet to perform exercises, and it goes without saying that you need dumbbells.

The AnimalHouse MonkeyFeet attachment is made of thick, hard plastic and weighs just over one pound. Remember that you’ll also need to purchase a dumbbell or a dumbbell set if you don’t already have one. While you can purchase this product as a pair, you really only need one, especially if you do a lot of standing leg exercises and need the opposite foot to be flat on the ground. Due to the development of bipedalism in humans, the hands became the focus of prehensility and the feet adjusted to more of a stabilizing role. To reduce discomfort around your feet and Achilles’ heels, the AnimalHouse MonkeyFeet device has dense, thick foam on the back and on the piece that sits over the top of your foot.They also come with a drawstring carrying bag to keep them from coming into direct contact with the rest of your gym gear or to prevent water or protein shakesfrom spilling on them. This tool quickly gained popularity when it was featured on the Joe Rogan Experience and is used to train primarily your hip flexors and hamstrings. This unique attachment clamps onto any dumbbell handle at least five inches wide and allows you to perform isolated lower-body exercises you can’t do with barbells or dumbbells alone. Dumbbell handle thickness is also a factor as the MF won’t attach to weights with extra thick handles.