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Monday, 17 June 2013

Resistance Band Exercises: Better Than Free Weights

 Resistance Band Exercises: Better Than Free Weights

By Azeez Shukurat

Resistance Band Exercises are a powerful way to exercise at your home, in the health and fitness center as well as when you're on holiday. They are inexpensive, don't take up virtually any room within your suitcase or home and can be used in any place in the house, workplace or hotel. In certain ways resistance bands could be more appropriate than dumbbells or even machines for creating the optimal level of resistance which explains why I take advantage of them at the health club regularly as opposed to the more pricey common equipment.
What makes the bands better than other forms of resistance to achieve a particular goal is because of the properties of the elastic band. As soon as the bands are stretched as well as elongated they generate extra resistance. Quite simply, while you pull on them the lengthier they get the far more resistance they furnish. Naturally, when they are fully stretched they'll not generate any more additional level of resistance but nobody trains with them thoroughly elongated.
Steps to make resistance band exercises more efficient:
One method the resistance band could be more advantageous are exercises where you are weaker at a point in the particular movement where the bands are not stretched and stronger at a point in which the bands are elongated. An example of this may be the squat. You may have observed individuals in the health and fitness center squatting along with metal chains hanging on the bar. They are doing this because once you squat down to ninety degrees in your hips and knees (the bottom of the motion) you are at the weakest point in the exercise. When you raise your body up you then become stronger. Simply by putting chains on the bar; subsequently, the bar gets heavier as more chain lifts off the floor. The chains put more weight to the bar when you're stronger and less weight when you are less strong. Resistance bands may be used the same manner as chains during the squatting example. It is possible to secure the resistance band next to your shoulders and stand upon the actual band and add more some challenge exactly where you prefer it during your squat exercise while both at home and on vacation without having to deal with free weights for added resistance.
The best advantage to the bands is they tend to be so versatile. You can create resistance from virtually any angle. They can be mounted on almost any high, middle or low point within a doorway then one can perform a never-ending degree of exercises. They work perfect for slow controlled movements in addition to explosive exercises.

Do Resistance Band Exercises Work?

 Do Resistance Band Exercises Work?

Resistance Band Exercises are arguably the best at home workout you can do. Why? Simple, it is because you do not need to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on huge machines or free weights and you can get the exact same results or better using these huge rubber bands. Plus some of the best training and fitness programs out there use resistance bands as the primary tool in the exercises.

The benefits of Resistance Band Exercises:

- They are extremely effective.
- They take up very little space and can be stored anywhere.
- You can pack them in your suitcase so you do not miss your workout on a business trip or vacation.
- They cost next to nothing in comparison to weights
- They are comfortable and not as tough on your joints as weights.
you are not using the bands correctly. You need to know the correct ways to maximize the use of the resistance band exercises. Many people do not use free weights correctly so the problem actually goes both ways. Not all exercise techniques are created equal. There is are correct ways and incorrect ways to exercise using bands, weights or anything.I could continue on listing the benefits on resistance bands. You may be thinking, "Well I will not get as good of a workout with resistance bands as I would with free weights." In many cases that could be true, unless
"Well if there are correct ways to use these bands then how do I learn?"
Great question. My answer is to get a great resistance band exercise video that you can do from home. Now there is some initial investment with these programs but they will not even cost what a gym membership charges up front just to sign up. So with that let us talk about P90X and 10 Minute Trainer, both by Tony Horton.
Tony Horton is one of the best fitness trainers in the world and these two programs give you two great options. First, the P90X, is an hour a day for 90 days extreme home workout system for those that are serious about getting in great shape and fast. While the 10 Minute Trainer is for those looking for a daily exercise as short as 10 minutes, but keeps you in the best shape of your life.
Both of these programs incorporate the use of resistance bands into the exercise. In fact in the p90x resistance bands are the primary tool used to achieve the amazing results that program can give.
Resistance band exercises are one of the best home exercises that... scratch that. They are one of the best all around exercises, whether you are at home or at the gym, that anyone can do. Not only are they extremely effective but they are soft on your wallet as well. Plus, like Tony Horton, the best fitness trainers in the world use them in their fitness programs as the primary tool. So instead of paying for expensive gym memberships or workout machines try a small investment into a resistance band exercise to get yourself in shape.

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