Quote Originally Posted by Ayin McFye View Post
I might just go out and run through the motions with the footwork, without the weights just to keep myself moving. I've been working hard on my footwork lately and I'd hate to see all that go away if I don't do anything for 4 weeks.
I do foot drills with no weight for the 28 WFD all the time and it has worked wonders. ditto with just 9 or 16 pounds on the weight. The point is to basically forget that there's a weight there, and just place the feet correctly. Putting a really light weight in your hand has the effect of letting you know that there's *something* there, which is different from *nothing* there, but the light weight doesn't stress your body much.

foot drills are great.

Colin is right, too. Core muscle strength is key here, and so is explosive leg strength. It doesn't help you a lot if you can leg press a whole lot of weight, if you can't move that weight quickly. So doing stair steps with 15 lbs in each hand is a great thing to do and it's low stress on the rest of your body..