Comments on: Resistance Bands – Can Work Chest and Shoulders Better Than Free Weights?

By: BigBruvOfEnglandUK

BigBruvOfEnglandUK — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:22:53 +0000

Great article. I am a big fan of elastic resistance and we have a message board devoted to the subject. I have posted a link to your article on our message board

By: ElasticMan

ElasticMan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:52:47 +0000

Lately I have been using the Lifelineusa chest expander. It has two handle grips that you can use three resistant bands with. I have found that doing exercises with these, i.e pulling them apart in various different forms to be much more challenging than any of my free weight routines such as flyes or benchpress. I also find that the bands offer a challenge all of the way throughout the exercise ROM and I can feel it in my chest.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:40:25 +0000

I am a strong believer in resistance bands. I am no body builder, so I can't say whether you can get "big" with them. That has never been my aim. At age 54, and with a few injuries received during 21+ years in the military, I was looking for a way to burn fat, gain strength and build what muscle mass I could. I picked up a set of Bodylastics bands about a year ago, and have been using them about 4 times a week ever since. I have never had a band break on me and I am absolutely amazed at the results. I have lost about 30 pounds of fat and put on 20 pounds of muscle. They are awkward at first, but you have to stick with them. Once you get comfortable with the routines, you start noticing results quickly. I will never pick up a weight again.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:18:06 +0000

If you get resistance bands make sure you buy ones that are multi layered and off a lot of resistance, the cheapo sets on ebay are rated falsley and offer little to no resistance unless you use them all at once. I recommend a look at the ElastiTone bands (google them), the best dam bands at a good price that you will find, they are awesome, offer up to 135.5 Kilos of resistance, and i have seen good results with them. If you can do 20 curls with the orange band they will refund all your money to! im up to 15 curls then my arms fail lol,

By: Dude1984

Dude1984 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:13:56 +0000

I have been using bands for a while. It wasn't that long after I began using them that I went to use them exclusively. Bands on their own are really good. Combined with free weights they are awesome. When I go FW w/ RB, I go heavy bands with light to medium free weights.

With the bands that I use, they have a graph that shows resistance of each band for x amount of inches you move them. I emailed the manufacturer to get more details and they responded:
‘’To achieve the full resistance of our Fitness Cables you need to stretch the cable 2 times its resting length.
For example let's say you are using a 5ft long R8 cable. To do an arm curl you would step on the cable with both feet. Let's assume there would be about 1 foot of cable between your feet. This would leave 2 ft on either side going up to the handles.
To get the full 80lbs of the R8 cable you would need to now stretch the 2ft on each side to 4 ft by the end of the arm curl. So if you were able to freeze yourself at the point where your hand is up by your chin at the end of the arm curl the length of the cable from the handle to the floor would need to be 4ft long. This would mean each arm is doing 80lbs of resistance.’’

Based on rate of change, you would need to move the resting length 100% to get the full resistance amount.

By: David

David — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:42:59 +0000

I use resistance bands in addition to free weights and have seen some good results. The massive amount of eccentric overload you can get with bands plus the increased ROM on a lot of exercises provides a nice change up to the regular routine.

By: ElasticMan

ElasticMan — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:21:23 +0000

Resistance bands work really well but some simply refuse to see that they do. We cling to what we know and cherish to the extent of blinding ourselves to other methods. Don't forget that looks can be very deceiving….

By: flat stomach exercises

flat stomach exercises — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:19:43 +0000

Resistance bands may be simple, but they really do work.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:21:48 +0000

you should check out JourneyGyms resistance band equipment. They have a portable suitcase with attached bands of assorted resistances.

By: Become nurse

Become nurse — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:30:00 +0000

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By: Phantom Piney

Phantom Piney — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:33:26 +0000

I have bands and they work great. I use free weights and resistant bands and alternate between the two to confuse my muscles. Great investment in your health and I use Bodylastics resistant bands you should look into it on the web.

By: Jason Pearson

Jason Pearson — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:23:21 +0000

Using resistance bands are great, i supplement them with dumbbells but now they are part of my life. Training with resistance bands anywhere as they are so portable. I purchased them from http://www.suspensiontrainer.co.uk

By: schizandrol

schizandrol — Sat, 07 May 2011 16:25:54 +0000

I don't worry about leaving bb's and db's lying around – no little toes or knees banging into weights – just put everything away in a little pou

By: Hyo

Hyo — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:29:44 +0000

All I use are resistance bands now for the following reasons:

1. Less wear and tear on my joints – at nearly 50, the warranty on all my joints seem to have run out.
2. Not being gravity based, I can adjust the start position of any movement.
3, With little ones running around, I don't worry about leaving bb's and db's lying around – no little toes or knees banging into weights – just put everything away in a little pouch.
4. Mostly, I get a great, sweat bustin workout.

Free weights are great but other alternatives like resistance bands or bodyweight can get it done too (maybe not as well)

And to inversion table reviews, don't know which +$50 bands you got that keeps snapping, but that shouldn't be. Couple of decent makers out there you should look at. I've had my set for over a year now and bands are still strong.

By: Janice Shirley

Janice Shirley — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:47:40 +0000

But if you've had 4 shoulder surgeries like I have, and the heavy free weights are killing my shoulders, the resistance bands are like heaven and will get my cut just fine.

By: inversion table reviews

inversion table reviews — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:15:02 +0000

I have weights and resistance bands, but find weights to be far superior. Finding good quality bands seems to be difficult, all the ones i had snapped after a few weeks (and cost over 50 dollars)

By: Inversion Table

Inversion Table — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:45:28 +0000

I usually pack resistance bands in my suitcase when I'm travelling so that I can exercise in the car or in my hotel room.

By: keep fit

keep fit — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:11:22 +0000

The great thing about resistance bands is that they are so easily transportable.

By: saving money tips

saving money tips — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:42:46 +0000

I've never tried using resistance bands in my workout. Perhaps diversity is the key to a ripped body.

By: robert

robert — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:12:25 +0000

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