Ice dancing with a partner is teaching me many things. Among those things is the fact that my left stroke is not as good as my right stroke in terms of power, edge control and most of all, extension. With that in mind I've been thinking about getting ankle weights to use both on and off ice to see if I can strengthen both legs but particularly the left one. It occurs to me that ankle weights may provoke knee or other joint problems. I have very little experience with weights so advice from the fitness gurus in the audience is welcome.