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Donnie Fandango

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And that is to useing one of those resistance bands(the ones that look like a jump rope, and come is a varity of colors and levels of resistance). I happen to use one and use it often.

I bring it to the office with me and it is great for keeping the blood pumping throughout your body. I have figurd out ways to use it that really add to my workout regime, also. Like after I work my bies, tris and delts for example. Once I have completed my lifting, or whatever....I use the band to simply burn the muscle out. I will do a set of 20 curls for my bies...10 keeping the elbows low and only bringing the hands to about mid torso high. Then i raise the elbows up and more in front of me and do a full curl up. Talk about a burn.

Mostly it is a great way to keep the blood going while at work, but can be very effective post lifting as well.
 
I've brought resistance bands to work before, and have done a minor workout during lunch time many times. I used them mainly to loosen up joints and tendons, and get some stretching in during the day, if I was planning to have a weight training session the same day. I didnt care what my co-workers thought.

I admit it, completely!

I use resistance bands to this day. I use them prior to a workout and after a workout and they play a major role in my training methods.


Best regards,


Chillen
 
Resistance bands are a great tool. Especially for Rehab. I'm a Volleyballer and often get shoulder problems. They are great and possibly one of the best things to use to target your rotator cuff muscles. I work with one everyday to make sure my external rotators are as strong as my internal.

Chillen is right too, we use them for warm up heaps. Low intensity, get you through a good range of movement, can use them to target areas to get them firing ready for weights or training.

I use them, I admit it, and any athlete that doesn't is crazy!
 
LOL: I thought you were talking about eating raw eggs or eating soil not resistance bands. I've got a set of dumbbells but no resistance bands.
 
Loza57 said:
Resistance bands are a great tool. Especially for Rehab. I'm a Volleyballer and often get shoulder problems. They are great and possibly one of the best things to use to target your rotator cuff muscles. I work with one everyday to make sure my external rotators are as strong as my internal.

Chillen is right too, we use them for warm up heaps. Low intensity, get you through a good range of movement, can use them to target areas to get them firing ready for weights or training.

I use them, I admit it, and any athlete that doesn't is crazy!
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Im 46, and stretching is a major component in my training (and warmup and/or stretching should for most). I have broken many bands along the way, only to purchase more. I spend a good amount of time just preparing to workout and is one reason I dont have any joint/tendon pain to this day.


ROCK ON with resistance bands. They have there place.
 
Yeah they're great for working those subtle muscles like the cuff. I got the blue one at home, cost me 10bucks a metre. Do my 3 glutes, hammys, flexors, traps, cuff, upper back etc.
 
Chillen said:
Im 46, and stretching is a major component in my training (and warmup and/or stretching should for most). I have broken many bands along the way, only to purchase more. I spend a good amount of time just preparing to workout and is one reason I dont have any joint/tendon pain to this day.


ROCK ON with resistance bands. They have there place.
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Stop using molded bands and you will never have one break on you again. Use layered latex bands. Elite FTS and Jumpstretch (my personal fave) are two brands that make really good layered latex bands.
 
Donnie Fandango said:
And that is to useing one of those resistance bands(the ones that look like a jump rope, and come is a varity of colors and levels of resistance). I happen to use one and use it often.

I bring it to the office with me and it is great for keeping the blood pumping throughout your body. I have figurd out ways to use it that really add to my workout regime, also. Like after I work my bies, tris and delts for example. Once I have completed my lifting, or whatever....I use the band to simply burn the muscle out. I will do a set of 20 curls for my bies...10 keeping the elbows low and only bringing the hands to about mid torso high. Then i raise the elbows up and more in front of me and do a full curl up. Talk about a burn.

Mostly it is a great way to keep the blood going while at work, but can be very effective post lifting as well.
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You're on to something, but you are barely scraping the surface of the true potential of bands.

Rather than blather on about them, I will direct you to the ultimate source of band training knowledge on the net...



David Schmitz is a physical therapist, CSCS, and a million other things, but he is also probably the best source of training with bands that I have ever seen. I have watched them all too, trust me. Saw JC Santana twice, and as much as I admire the guy, he doesn't hold a candle to Schmitz.

Read that site up and down and you will really come away with some useable info to really enhance your workouts. They don't have to be relagated to "finishers" (is that how you give your workout a "happy ending?" :D)... They should be at the very core of your program!
 
jpfitness said:
Stop using molded bands and you will never have one break on you again. Use layered latex bands. Elite FTS and Jumpstretch (my personal fave) are two brands that make really good layered latex bands.
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Thank you, JP. I am going to gets some at the local fitness center today. I love my bands.

Best wishes to you in all that you set out to do in fitness and in life,



Chillen
 
I'm with JP. We use the Jumpstretch bands for TONS of stuff from warm-up and stretching, to power training, to overspeed training, to mobility work, to joint traction, to just about every funky exercise we can think of.

Just yesterday we took 2 of the blue Jumpstretch bands and strapped them off each side of the power rack and did push-ups on them, one in each hand. Talk about great shoulder stabilization. :cool:
 
I got some for Christmas, I only use them for additional shoulder work and to add resistance to press ups though. I need to do my homework and find more support stuff I can use them for
 
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