Decent resistance bands?
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I use Lifeline cables - similar in effect to what you want maybe? - take loads of hammer even when wrapped round trees, posts etc. for outdoor training + have handles, foot stirrups bars and door mounts you can add.
http://www.kettlebells.co.uk/tnt_cables.html
Lots of variety in resistance too using from one to three and single cable available at up to 100lb resistance when double original length.
Best I've ever used.
http://www.kettlebells.co.uk/tnt_cables.html
Lots of variety in resistance too using from one to three and single cable available at up to 100lb resistance when double original length.
Best I've ever used.
Hmm... I'll be watching this thread with interest. I've been trying different resistance bands for the last 6 months or so. Tried various types from ebay to Amazon. None seem that great. I'm trying to keep a set to less than £30 and need interchangeable options, rather than single bands.
My understanding is though, they all snap, it's just a matter of when. Obviously you'd rather have them snap after years than weeks! But if a set that costs £15 last 6 months, it's better than a set that cost £50 and lasts 18 months.
My understanding is though, they all snap, it's just a matter of when. Obviously you'd rather have them snap after years than weeks! But if a set that costs £15 last 6 months, it's better than a set that cost £50 and lasts 18 months.
mattikake said:
Hmm... I'll be watching this thread with interest. I've been trying different resistance bands for the last 6 months or so. Tried various types from ebay to Amazon. None seem that great. I'm trying to keep a set to less than £30 and need interchangeable options, rather than single bands.
My understanding is though, they all snap, it's just a matter of when. Obviously you'd rather have them snap after years than weeks! But if a set that costs £15 last 6 months, it's better than a set that cost £50 and lasts 18 months.
I've used these cables (not bands) for 4 years on a weekly basis and often abused by being wrapped round trees.rough wooden objects etc and only one has even a hint of a nick in it and the resistance offered has been constant throughout. As a substitute for weights and machines esp. when travelling etc. they do the job very, very well. My brother's upper back and rear delts grew really well just using these for a few months instead of weights and so he's now got aset at home too.My understanding is though, they all snap, it's just a matter of when. Obviously you'd rather have them snap after years than weeks! But if a set that costs £15 last 6 months, it's better than a set that cost £50 and lasts 18 months.
Honestly I should start being a salesman for them as they really are ace.
amare32 said:
Give these people a try:
http://www.physiosupplies.com/fitness/Exercise-Tub...
The videos are interesting - the first showing rotator cuff exercises http://www.physiosupplies.com/fitness/Exercise-Tub...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xWF8yh14Qw&lis...
focuses on some that are staples of boxing training and would be well worth anyone with a shoulder injury trying, or better still a s pre-hab to prevent injury.
No doubt, resistance bands are great and why I use them. A poor man's cable-cross machine.
There are only two real downsides; 1) they can snap! 2) the resistance changes with stretch, but this can be a good thing as well as a bad one (usually increasing tension happens at max muscle contraction and this is where you want max tension/difficulty, but it also makes them weak at max extension...)
So they are ideal for rotator cuff exercises and rehab.
There are only two real downsides; 1) they can snap! 2) the resistance changes with stretch, but this can be a good thing as well as a bad one (usually increasing tension happens at max muscle contraction and this is where you want max tension/difficulty, but it also makes them weak at max extension...)
So they are ideal for rotator cuff exercises and rehab.
mattikake said:
No doubt, resistance bands are great and why I use them. A poor man's cable-cross machine.
There are only two real downsides; 1) they can snap! 2) the resistance changes with stretch, but this can be a good thing as well as a bad one (usually increasing tension happens at max muscle contraction and this is where you want max tension/difficulty, but it also makes them weak at max extension...)
So they are ideal for rotator cuff exercises and rehab.
Probably different to the cables I linked as they start to get harder/resistance grows pretty much as soon as they are stretched and hit their stated rate (with graphs showing poundage of resistance for inches of stretch with the kit fwiw) at double original length - handily there are two different lengths for each poundage too which is convenient.There are only two real downsides; 1) they can snap! 2) the resistance changes with stretch, but this can be a good thing as well as a bad one (usually increasing tension happens at max muscle contraction and this is where you want max tension/difficulty, but it also makes them weak at max extension...)
So they are ideal for rotator cuff exercises and rehab.
They just keep getting harder until you (well, I) can't stretch them anymore and I really can't imagine mine ever snapping unless they got cut and I ignored it. They are a good substitute for cable machines of which I've used umpteen and can give 'enough'. For example doing rows and pulldowns the other day my brother who weighs 150lb was pulled off the floor and can hang on them unless he's held down! They are great for the positive and contraction part but though the resistance pulls you back and you have to fight it so can get a 'negative' effect don't feel the same on the neg part as free weights or a pulldown machine. Not sure why...
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