My experience with bands: You won’t ache as much, you need to do higher reps for everything, and you have to focus on hypertrophy and volume. You will only be able to get to a certain size, but you will look great at that size. So if pure aesthetics are your thing, they’re great!
That's exactly what I tell people you'll most likely get a lean and kinda sculpted physique like mines from bands you won't be looking like a damn bodybuilder or something or get a nice very toned body from bands as well bands are great for being in shape and losing fat and gaining lean solid muscle to be kinda lean and sculpted and have abs showing for exercise
@@SIKEGNGG that’s bs lol. The only reason you’ll stay a certain size is because you’re not increasing volume or intensity and therefore j maintaining your physique instead of building it, at some point. Progressive overload is what builds muscle and with bands that only come in certain sets, without incremental weight. That’s harder to do. But it can be done. At the very least they don’t work how you claim. If you consistently add higher resistance over time, you will gain muscle same way you do with weights.
@@greenmonkeyman3165 exactly my bands go to 140 lbs if i can combine them all together and that sets me up for upper body i doubt anyone can curl 140 lbs lmfao. But idk how i can do legs with 140 lbs
I'm 78 and resistance tubes are the best thing that ever happened to me. Since I'm indoors during this corona virus I happened to find a single band with handles and started using it immediately. I'm so impressed with the results that I'll be ordering a complete set. One of the big secretes for improvement at my age is to have a 2 to 3 hour catnap after each workout then go back and "hammer" the muscle all over again. As we get older we are not usually strong enough to properly "destroy" the muscle during a single workout. What I accomplished by a lot of extra rest between workouts really made up for my age. After a workout I can pack my entire workout kit in a shoe box. My friend is following in my footsteps just because he doesn't have the space for equipment in his apartment! Thanks to your "squat" program I'm climbing hills better on my bicycle! As it turned out all the muscles your training during your leg workout are exactly the same muscles I'm using while riding my bicycle up any hills. (Mike Scott, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Believe me if you apply progressive overload when working out with resistance bands you will get results regardless of whether you’re a beginner or not.
ur so right, i love working out legs idk so i got bands and only did legs and butt im kinda chubby so i got a belly and now i got some sexy toned legs w fat butt but chubby arms and tummy hahaaha
Tim Tam check out some upper body exercises that you can do with resistance bands. That will put some muscles on those. Also eat less. In my experience over the past 16 years, the easiest diet to adhere to, at least for me, is intermittent fasting. No hunger, filling full, feeling more motivated and energised, more muscle mass retention. I eat two large meals a day: lunch and dinner and stay 16-18 hours fasting. During the fasting period I can drink tea or coffee without milk or sugar. Drinking sparkling water with no sugar, also helps a lot to not feel hungry. But generally you won’t feel hungry after the first 2-3 days. During the fasting periods your body regulates your hormones to feel less hungry. Compared to other diets where you eat almost round the clock, it is much more effective at making you feel less hungry. Give it a go for a week. Otherwise I would advise eating frequent small meals, like 4-6. The key is to eat less calories over time. Making good food choices also helps, especially with protein and fat intake and feeling satiated. Anyway just the act of cutting something out, like eating half a breakfast meal, should put you in a caloric deficit. Over time you will burn fat and your weight will decrease. Then after a few months when you see you are not losing weight again, reduce your calories again but by less this time. Like a quarter meal lol. There are, of course, much more accurate ways to measure caloric and macronutrients intake. Do some research online. The key behind all of it is maintaining a caloric deficit over time to burn fat. You can also do cardio to burn fat instead of eating less, or you can combine both.
@@fitnessforlife8966 Lol the myth is believing that you can keep building muscle without either applying more resistance, doing more reps, more time under tension, etc. You will not keep building more muscle mass unless you do more (of anything) over time. Anyone who thinks they are getting results without progressive overload, is being delusional and not objective with results based on facts. Of course there is a point to which you can take the body, after which it will need to recover. There is also diminished returns. For example, the more you increase the load, the less lbs/kg you can increase it by next time, and the less additional muscle mass is built next time. And there is a point where the progress is negligable and not worth increasing that load again the next time.
I took my stimmy and basically bought myself a home gym out of it: kettlebells, dumbbells, running shoes, yoga ball, etc. but the very first thing I bought was a set of resistance bands and I’ve had a blast getting used to and learning new exercises with them. They give a hell of a workout, much more than a lot of people assume I’m sure and I have no doubt they can easily build muscle mass with proper diet and nutrition.
I actually made more gains with resistance bands than with weights, I think it’s because of the large increase in total volume as you’ll have to do much higher reps to get the pump, and in the process you train with all rep ranges (>20 for endurance, 8-12 for hypertrophy, and 1-3 for strength) at once.
Do you have a SLAP tear (torn labrum)? Just discovered I have one of those and holy fu**ing balls it hurts and I can barely do anything weight wise anymore
@@egregiousqueef7781 The checkmark actually means you worked hard to get subscribers you dont know Jax blade if youre talking about ego. Looks like you need to check yourself, shit talker
So I've worked out with the bands for a few months now and here is what I have found. The muscles that worked best with the bands are the triceps, shoulders & traps. For traps do explosive shrugs. For triceps, tricep pushdowns and behind the back tricep extensions. For the shoulders skiers for rear, lateral raises for side, and overhead press for the front. Exercise selection is vital with bands and using heavy enough bands is also important.
Mykolas Stankevičius yeah start know what's going to happen in a month anything special and also from a month from now if you start tomorrow your going to see how far you've got...🙂
Been doing only resistance bands (Undersun Fitness by James Grage) for the last 60 days, have gotten better results than I ever did with weights. I could never feel the mind muscle connection that everyone talks about until I switched to bands. I have noticeable gains and I'm probably not going back to weights. My joints have thanked me for switching.
Do you recommend this brand for working out long term, I’m trying to find some sturdy bands and I’m seeing a lot of mixed reviews on every other brand these look durable
@@Dracofrm305 Like any band they do eventually degrade and snap, but I had mine for 4 months (Working out 5 days a week) before that ever happened. They have a lifetime warranty though so I just sent a picture to their customer service and they sent me a new one, just had to pay for shipping. I've recently purchased two sets of the bands so that I always have one on backup. Their customer service was exceptional, easiest experience I've ever had.
@@CloudyWolf713 I'm no expert but anchoring against a door is probably not the best idea. I use a power tower for anchoring my bands. I grabbed my dumbbells and placed them on the base frame of the tower to hold it in place. Probably about 200 pounds of weight holding the pull up power tower in place. You can now use the leg raise handles, step up framing and even the bottom base for anchoring. I even use the ankle straps with the double rings for anchoring points. That way you can create anchoring points that don't pull directly in your face. 😂 Get creative. And I've been using resistance bands for about 6 months. *DON'T* overstretch them, just move up to the next heavier band.
@@CloudyWolf713 I use fabric covered bands for more than a year and they don't look like they have even been used...plus I don't destroy my hands and skin with simple latex bands. Tips: Do not use shoes, no sharp edges, no sharp doors or any sharp edged anchor point Never stretch them beyond about 2 times original length Grab them between thumb and palm of your hand, don't "squeze" a band If you use carabiners and handles or anything use massive carabiners so the bands don't bend at the the edges
The real answer is a simple "yes, provided you understand how to translate the distinct resistance curve of bands into gains." You have to work out a bit differently. This means understanding how to take advantage of the band's ability to provide resistance in any plane, to compensate for higher resistance when taut, and capitalize on increased ability to vary tempo. All this can be done by creative and thoughtful exercise selection and programming. Check out bodybuilder James Grage's vids on building various body parts with only bands. He has combined analysis and personal experience into a method.
This set comes with 5 bands of varying resistance, a storage bag, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxS7ex6L4sMqpaTn4LnBPyBmRQsSingL8y a small pamphlet with some sample exercises, and an access code for an online workout video. I haven't viewed the online video, so I cannot speak to the quality of that piece of the set. However, everything else is perfect for what I was looking for. The bands are durable, and the resistance strength varies enough between bands that they're each useful for different exercises and provide a great challenge as you gradually increase the resistance level for certain exercises. The only band I don't use very often is the lowest resistance band, but even that is nice for exercises that target weaker/seldom used muscle groups.
I love using bands for calisthenics exercises, I often wrap one around my back to make push-ups more difficult. They also work well on the pull-up bar, allowing for assistance in L-sit pull-ups, as well as the pseudo-planche. If you only work out at home doing calisthenics and p90x inspired workouts, adding bands is a great way to make those exercises slightly more difficult.
As long as you're mindful of the resistance throughout a range of motion you can adapt exercises to get a full tension on the muscle. for instance with side raises you can use a heavier band from an anchor point to get full tension from the start of the movement of which you might only get partials but then you do a drop set with a lighter band to hit the top of the movement. or super set them which ever you prefer (or better yet alternate between the two each workout) like any adjustment in training you have to think smart and adapt
Short Answer: For Beginners - Yes. For Advanced - No, for the most part. The recommendation is to combine resistance bands with weights to get proper gainz. IMO, you can get results with resistance bands alone too, just of progressive overload with the bands and the proper excercise that give you a full range like bands + dips, pushups, ring(replaced with bands) bicep curls, tricep extensions over the head, etc.
Resistance is resistance. The resistance of bands is slightly different, but it's usually no big deal. Bands fail at some point (usually) because they have limited potential for adding resistance but they work fine for most people's fitness goals. Anti-band iron pumpers would probably be surprised how much stabilizer muscles get worked with bands vs iron. I use them exclusively anymore because I got old and I travel a lot and they fit into a suitcase really easily.
Turkiyem GayVloks Utrecht Lan do a shoulder press with high resistance bands and then come back and tell me if you think they involve less stabilizer muscles. I've seen guys under estimate bands and try to do workouts with them only to find they have to use way lighter weight then they normally would. Because their stabilizers are disproportionately weak compared to the larger muscles from only doing free weights
Bands can actually make the stabilizers to work just as effective as free weights. Already proven by a lot of kinesiologists. With bands you can target any mucle in your entire body. Any muscle. The only reason why bands havent replaced free weigths is because people preffer to go to gyms with friends to make workouts less boring (for some reason people get bored easily with bands) and gyms preffer freeweigths because they last a lot logner than resistance bands, so in the long run for a gym its cheaper to buy free weigths than to buy resistance bands. This in turn cause people who go to gyms to get used to free weights, so in turn they prefer free weigths.
I have the power bands (no handles) and I used to take them on vacation with me because I sure a shit wasn't going to the gym on vacation but I wanted to exercise anyway. Now fast forward to the crap that's going on today and the gyms are closed. So I break out the power bands and start using them seriously. I have not lost an ounce of muscle and actually am making gains as this lockdown lingers on. Let me tell you that before this I thought using power bands for too long would make me lose what I've gained in the gym. I am seriously shocked at the results. To be honest I used to bash people that said bands could build muscle in someone that was a seasoned gym goer. My argument always was "When I see a pro bodybuilder use them instead of weights, I'll change also." I've been a gym rat for 35 years and the results with the bands are so good that I'm considering stopping my gym membership when this is all over.
It honestly pisses me off when people say that you can't building muscle with bands or bodyweight exercises, in my opinion, a weighted push up is better than a bench press because the ROM is the same, but you're activating your glutes and core. Especially if you do them on rings, which are an amazing tool btw. This video is completely wrong, you can build muscle with bands no matter how new or experienced with lifting.
I trained in tre gym for 6 years. When I started using resistance bands + calisthenics I grew PAST what I achieved in the gym. The secret is in buying COUPLES not single bands on 3 or 4 LEVELS of resistance so you don't have to use TOO heavy or TOO light bands for the excercises which makes them useless and also to go to public gyms where you can hook the bands in. i attribute this to the fact that bands put tension in the whole range of motion rather than on the lower portion like weight.
This channel has everything i like in a youtube channel: Animation, practical health/fitness guidance and in deepth science. Excellente content! Keep the great work up
next time please tell us about advantages and disadvantages of drop-sets like First set 100 pounds second der 80 Ponds third set 60 pounds and so on ... What do you think ?
It's just a strategy to increase metabolic stress. it can be a good idea at times, but it can be hard to measure progress in drop sets, so it might be better to use at the end of a workout after your heavy compund lifts.
calisthenics are great, just be sure to have some way to measure your progress. Doesn't matter much if it is increased reps or added weight or reduced rest time, but if you want to progress you should keep do at least a few easily trackable exercises.
@Michael G bands give you great control. Ultimately you need stability and control for gains! Machines handicap you and fuck your joints up by limiting your range of motion
Using a lighter band, but starting it already stretched, means less variability in the band tension. So with some exercises (like the side raises) that partially offsets the growing resistance of the band as it gets longer.... (but careful not to go too far and snap it!!)
Really nailed it. I like to finish biceps with bands in the sauna and it really tears the muscle fibers. Also on chest day I used to throw bands on the bench and it would feel amazing. Highly recommended. A lot of bodybuilders prefer chains, but nearly the same concept. Thanks for the good content.
I’m 45 and have forgotten about massive gains. I’d like for my joints and tendons to work well when I’m 55 and so on. My goal is to be lean and strong, so far so good. I LOVE using them👍
you hit the nail on the head that i wish every beginner could understand.....pretty much no matter what you do you will see results. just stay consistent.
You will build muscle as long as you progressively overload them. Always aim to go as heavy as possible without compromising form. Go to failure and growth will happen.
This video is 101% correct. I don’t know all of the terminology however. Because of the virus I wasn’t able to go to the gym so I bought weights and a heavy resistance band. I never used a band before so I just put it off to the side and I couldn’t do all of my workouts with just weights. So I tried the band and became innovative. As individuals they can help, but combining them you’ll be able to at the least maintain current muscle mass
As a baseball player, one such resistance band (known as Jaeger Bands or J-bands) routine specifically helps with the warm-up phase of throwing. While the resistance is relatively small, it is beneficial to properly warming up to throw a baseball. Obviously it being used for upper body mobility.
from my personal experience as someone who didn't work out much, I used resistance bands to build and tone my arms. I agree with the video that after getting stronger and getting to the 'heaviest' resistance, I'm looking to get some weights
You gotta stack up bands for more resistance and that's when bands get more intense and harder just like free weights I became lean because of bands and they do work 100 percent and are underrated just people don't know how to use them correctly.
Love your videos! They're so informative and unbiased- so many fitness channels these days replacing facts with opinions and switching reality with sponsors. Keep doing what you're doing 😁
Can you PLEASE make a video on when to Bulk/Cut & break down what that actually is? I google and read so much about those topics, but still end up confused. Your videos simplify everything and are fun to watch.
I'm an over the road truck driver and work out strictly with calisthenics and bands and bands do not have a limit. You can stack them. They can get pretty heavy pretty much no limit to the resistance you can do and there are much cheaper alternative to weights. I think they work just as good if your creative with your exercise but good video
I have 90kg resistance band, about 198 lbs. Training with this thing is definitely no joke. At least for me. But i also like to combine and switch up my training with free weights and calisthenics or combine the three. Its gives a lot of potential and its fun. And the result are also good.
Today was my first time trying out RB + FW on the bench press. My muscles got such a burn like I never felt before. I'm definitely going to be doing RB+FW exercises this point forward
I love this channel. Even tho there are channels that give ''more examples'' the one writing the scripts here never wastes time/doesn't use any filler. Straight to the point everytime, love it.
@@itzamia I got hit hard with depression and stop doing everything even eating. I want to say that I am much better now but I am not. But before that hit me , I was doing well. I lost even lost fat using them. I was doing cardo to so I didn't lose just with those.
@@joeytheredkangaroo if you are able to, spend some time outside preferably in a warm spot and read, listen to music, meditate (speculate on what you see). After awhile it helps see a new perspective and lifts much of the bad and depressing thoughts. Good luck to you, stranger✌🏼
Resistance bands got me into doing workouts again after I paused going to the gym and lifting weights for many years because I didn't have the time for that anymore. I think they improve the mind-muscle connection much better because of their resistance curve. They are also more effective if you already know how to target which muscles etc. because you can get very creative with exercise selection and how you perform an exercise to increase or decrease the effort. I think they pair very well with bodyweight exercises since you can't do progressive overload as easily with bodyweight but with resistance bands it's a lot more granular. As long as you have an external anchor point for the band instead of relying only on your body, you can increase the resistance of a band simply by starting the exercise with the band already stretched further for example. Or if you need to decrease the resistance in the side raise example, you do a one-handed side raise and give the band more slack
Resistance bands are a core part of my workout. I've been seeing gains for a while. I mix resistance bands with body weight movements (e.g. Push-ups) However, using resistance bands and giving a 1-3 second hold at peak contraction really roasts the muscle. This has been great for shoulders.
love how you added some comedy and kind of gave the picture fit guy a personality, kind of makes it seem like he's talk directly to the viewer, good stuff. 😁
Hey Picturefit I love your channel it has really helped me out on starting my workout goals. I would love it if you could do a video explaining the differences between a bodybuilder and a professional weightlifter and also explaining how to achieve either through your workouts. all the best, and keep making these awesome informational videos :)
From my experience, before I started weight training I had big legs already due to all the football and sprint training I did without touching weights or even trying to eat a calories surplus. So sprints do improve leg strength and muscle mass.
I absolutely love using resistance bands. I personally own about 250 lb of quality resistance bands and it weighs under 10 lb. I strongly feel had I used resistance bands years back instead of the listing heavyweights I would not have the physical limitations I have today.
I do weight training regularly and taking the bicep curl as an example, there is something called a cheat curl. you essentially grab a weight that normally is too challenging for the extended range of your curl, and then use your body to slightly swing the dumbbell into the middle range, skipping the weak end of your arm entirely. that might sound bad, but it is actually a good workout to incorporate into your training as once you curl it up all the way up, you SLOWLY lower it down to the extended position, which focuses on the Negative movement of your rep. it trains your arm differently but is great to help make those GAINS. I like to do Negative workouts first and then switch to lighter weights to focus on the positive motions of the curl.
So basically, the biggest disadvantage to using bands is that you can grow out of the "lighter" bands quickly, and not have enough incremental increase in resistance through to the next available "heavier" band? Have you heard of stackable resistance bands? They do not have the handles attached to them, but rather a metal D-ring, which then can be attached to handles. As such you can "stack" bands, and use more than one to incrementally increase resistance. These bands can also be looped through a door anchor, so that the anchoring point can be high, waist level, or low. Tada! Problem solved. You virtually have the equivalent of one of those cable weight machines at the gym, giving you excellent versatility, and the ability to work out all the major muscle groups with varying resistance. It seems reasonable then, that bands can potentially give you the same gains as free weights.
tristanhnl no that's not all the disadvantages the video explained about bands. Rather big downfall of bands as discussed is you can't load past certain resistance if your body is not anchored. Chest press, row, ... You can only gain till bands break your positioning because it's more than your bodyweight now. There are other issues with band training about how muscle does react differently when it gets used to having less resistance at the beginning of a movement than ending . For general fitness, they work of you stick with training with them but some companies ( bodylastics comes to mind ) advertise them as something that's as good or even better than gravity based weight or weight machines and that's not true.
Oh ok, good points. I imagine however, you have to weigh as much as a twig to get to the point where the resistance from the bands is greater than your own body weight to pull you out of position for the exercises you mentioned. Also, many exercises such as the chest press can be anchored low such that the floor you're standing on keeps you from being pulled by the bands. When all is said and done, I suppose it's about what your fitness goals are. If you're trying to build a good amount of muscle, most people can achieve that with bands. If you're trying to look like Arnold Schwarzeneggar, then weights are the only option.
I agree with you only to certain point because everyone has different perception of what's "good amount of muscle". For beginners, yes, band training can lay down some amount of muscles as muscle just isn't used to any type of external resistance produced purposefully. You said you can anchor your body low to load. If you consider physics, more specifically, vector, then no, you can't maintain your body position so that all the force gets concentrated on the chest during the movement when loaded close to your bodyweight. Your body has equal amount opposing force when the direction of the force is complete opposite and you can not put your body in that position if loaded in such amount. Arthur Jones used to preach his nautilus machines will be as good or better because muscle won't know the difference. It turned out that it's not true. I wish people stop saying that muscle doesn't know the difference. Muscle reacts differently even with slight bit different external force production. Loading 30lbs during the entire movement generates different outcomes than 30lbs only at the lockout.
Valid points, but remember what this video is saying- "you can't gain mass apart from 'newbie gains' with bands", which is untrue. If you want to make the case that it's not as efficient as weights which gives you the specific resistance from the onset of a repetition, then I'd agree with you 100%. Yet for all the advantages that bands provide over weights, I'll go with bands. Besides, with bands you can incrementally increase resistance such that the beginning part of the motion is heavy enough without making it too heavy to the point the end portion of the repetition is unreachable. I will amend the last statement of my first post to say you can obtain the same gains "up to a certain extent", but will call nonsense on the claim that they'll work only for beginners.
The argument I gave you is based on physics again, with theory of vector. I understand everyone has preference in terms of what they want to use but the opinion 'you rather use bands' does NOT disprove the science. Yes, bands have advantages in reducing joint trauma but again, in muscle building department, it doesn't accomplish the job on advanced athlete. You could potentially add it as supplement to traditional weight training. If science cant satisfy your curiosity, then I would ask you to stop the next muscular guy you run into, doesn't have to a big bodybuilder but muscular strength type athlete, to see what they use primarily. I guarantee you it's going to be some form of dead weight training. I don't hate bands. I've used stackable bands for 3 years when I couldn't get to a gym for personal/professional reasons. So I know what it can do it can't do for me and others I got to converse with on the topic who were in the similar situations. But if you need more evidence than science, ask that question I mentioned above. Bands have been around now for a while, even the stackable types. So it's not like people don't know about this.
Great video! At what length do the resistance levels occur? For example, how far do I need to pull the 15 lb band to actually feel 15 pounds? This is helpful if I want to increase the resistance from, say, 15 to 17 lbs but not 20 lbs, or to start at 10 lbs and not 15 lbs. In other words, I almost feel I should get a weight scale to "calibrate" distances so that I don't overwork a muscle. Thanks for answering!
I've personally found resistance bands more effective than weights when it comes to chest isolation movements and even some chest compound exercises. Definitely worth trying.
Killer triceps superset I use and with my clients. Skull crushers (weights) Bent over kickbacks with static holds Skull crushers (weights) to failure Bent over kickbacks with static holds (bands) = 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds - 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds - 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds. So in the kickbacks you'll do 15 reps total plus 3 5 second holds. This is a KILLER . Repeat this super set 3 - 4 times Enjoy
Easton, Pennsylvania SO COLD right now! Lol I just started bands. I have had 4 back and neck surgeries in past 2 years. 2 minths ago I had a Medtronic spinal cord stimulator implant put in and this is game changer for me. Your work out is on point for these reasons. Love it and thank you for being my number one, every day routine. ❤
Hey man loving the new dynamics of your videos, question for you, have you made any videos on negative rep? and if you have not, would you be interested in making one, many other people have made one but i don't find them very informative. thanks for reading.
I used to hit weights and somehow always end up with a pain/tweak somewhere in my body every other week, not to mention after covid gyms became socialist states with countless stupid rules. Switched to bands and I find that I'm more sore than I used to get with weights TUT is unreal, it works! Mixed resistance bands with some calisthenics and steady-state cardio and I'm noticing changes weekly! I cannot recommend this enough. Whoever reads this, have a good day bro!
I use bands for some upper body exercises because I have a shoulder injury and they're the only thing I can do.. I still train my good arm with heavier weights and other exercises.. but using resistance bands is pretty helpful for my injured arm
I just started working out again and on off days I will still do drills on lighter bands for injury prevention. Like shoulder and rotator cuff drills. the small muscles do not need a lot of resistance which makes them perfect for the light resistance bands. Like a lot of people, I sit all day. So my shoulders slump and my posture is bad. Plus if I have a busy day and can't make it to the gym, I can still do these drills. All of which I found online and on RUclips.
Simple answer is Yes they do build muscle, but as you progress you'll need a thicker band. Although they have their use nothing compares to actual weights.
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Thank you so much, I can't keep track when people talk alot. So I can gain muscle with my own body weight? That's good cuz I don't have no bands
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@@ghadaa8145 Its alright. And its not too late. You can order a band right now. And keep yourself fit. Stay home and stay fit.
@@jeffryjohn2508 Its alright. STAY HOME AND STAY FIT.
My experience with bands:
You won’t ache as much, you need to do higher reps for everything, and you have to focus on hypertrophy and volume.
You will only be able to get to a certain size, but you will look great at that size. So if pure aesthetics are your thing, they’re great!
That's exactly what I tell people you'll most likely get a lean and kinda sculpted physique like mines from bands you won't be looking like a damn bodybuilder or something or get a nice very toned body from bands as well bands are great for being in shape and losing fat and gaining lean solid muscle to be kinda lean and sculpted and have abs showing for exercise
@@SIKEGNGG that’s bs lol. The only reason you’ll stay a certain size is because you’re not increasing volume or intensity and therefore j maintaining your physique instead of building it, at some point. Progressive overload is what builds muscle and with bands that only come in certain sets, without incremental weight. That’s harder to do. But it can be done. At the very least they don’t work how you claim. If you consistently add higher resistance over time, you will gain muscle same way you do with weights.
@@greenmonkeyman3165 progressive overload is still possible by combining the bands.
@@greenmonkeyman3165 exactly my bands go to 140 lbs if i can combine them all together and that sets me up for upper body i doubt anyone can curl 140 lbs lmfao. But idk how i can do legs with 140 lbs
@@Joshua-jd1de You can find much heavier bands, there are single bands which are 135 lb at full resistance.
Who's here to maintain muscle mass during coronavirus ...
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This morning I got s dumbbellcame out of my floor, are we living exactly opposite side of earth
I'm 78 and resistance tubes are the best thing that ever happened to me. Since I'm indoors during this corona virus I happened to find a single band with handles and started using it immediately. I'm so impressed with the results that I'll be ordering a complete set. One of the big secretes for improvement at my age is to have a 2 to 3 hour catnap after each workout then go back and "hammer" the muscle all over again. As we get older we are not usually strong enough to properly "destroy" the muscle during a single workout. What I accomplished by a lot of extra rest between workouts really made up for my age. After a workout I can pack my entire workout kit in a shoe box. My friend is following in my footsteps just because he doesn't have the space for equipment in his apartment! Thanks to your "squat" program I'm climbing hills better on my bicycle! As it turned out all the muscles your training during your leg workout are exactly the same muscles I'm using while riding my bicycle up any hills. (Mike Scott, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Happy for u! Stay safe during these times!
Wait till it breaks and smacks ur back scott! SHEEEEEEESh u gone regret commenting this hahah. But good stuff my man , all exercise is good!
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Brilliant stuff! How did it go with the set?
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Personally I am a big fan of resistance bands.
I especially like Rage Against the Machine.
Watershake99 What a great fukin comment.
Thank you. That gave me a good laugh.
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Believe me if you apply progressive overload when working out with resistance bands you will get results regardless of whether you’re a beginner or not.
Exactly
ur so right, i love working out legs idk so i got bands and only did legs and butt im kinda chubby so i got a belly and now i got some sexy toned legs w fat butt but chubby arms and tummy hahaaha
Tim Tam check out some upper body exercises that you can do with resistance bands. That will put some muscles on those. Also eat less. In my experience over the past 16 years, the easiest diet to adhere to, at least for me, is intermittent fasting. No hunger, filling full, feeling more motivated and energised, more muscle mass retention. I eat two large meals a day: lunch and dinner and stay 16-18 hours fasting. During the fasting period I can drink tea or coffee without milk or sugar. Drinking sparkling water with no sugar, also helps a lot to not feel hungry. But generally you won’t feel hungry after the first 2-3 days. During the fasting periods your body regulates your hormones to feel less hungry. Compared to other diets where you eat almost round the clock, it is much more effective at making you feel less hungry. Give it a go for a week. Otherwise I would advise eating frequent small meals, like 4-6. The key is to eat less calories over time. Making good food choices also helps, especially with protein and fat intake and feeling satiated. Anyway just the act of cutting something out, like eating half a breakfast meal, should put you in a caloric deficit. Over time you will burn fat and your weight will decrease. Then after a few months when you see you are not losing weight again, reduce your calories again but by less this time. Like a quarter meal lol. There are, of course, much more accurate ways to measure caloric and macronutrients intake. Do some research online. The key behind all of it is maintaining a caloric deficit over time to burn fat. You can also do cardio to burn fat instead of eating less, or you can combine both.
Progressive overload is myth
@@fitnessforlife8966 Lol the myth is believing that you can keep building muscle without either applying more resistance, doing more reps, more time under tension, etc.
You will not keep building more muscle mass unless you do more (of anything) over time. Anyone who thinks they are getting results without progressive overload, is being delusional and not objective with results based on facts.
Of course there is a point to which you can take the body, after which it will need to recover. There is also diminished returns. For example, the more you increase the load, the less lbs/kg you can increase it by next time, and the less additional muscle mass is built next time. And there is a point where the progress is negligable and not worth increasing that load again the next time.
Came here to find a yes or no answer, guy reads a 10 page essay about the history of resistance bands.
TIL 10 page = 25 seconds of the video. ;)
Work Out You just got roasted, toasted, and flippy flop like a pile of slop.
You don't get a 'yes' or 'no' here. Only a 'it depends'
Same
Work Out yea work for me
I took my stimmy and basically bought myself a home gym out of it: kettlebells, dumbbells, running shoes, yoga ball, etc. but the very first thing I bought was a set of resistance bands and I’ve had a blast getting used to and learning new exercises with them. They give a hell of a workout, much more than a lot of people assume I’m sure and I have no doubt they can easily build muscle mass with proper diet and nutrition.
I actually made more gains with resistance bands than with weights, I think it’s because of the large increase in total volume as you’ll have to do much higher reps to get the pump, and in the process you train with all rep ranges (>20 for endurance, 8-12 for hypertrophy, and 1-3 for strength) at once.
I always travel with one of those bad boys, amazing what you can do with it 💪🏻😉
@EB Channel loll🤔🤔🤔
keep your naughty secrets to yourself
So random to see Bobby in the comments!
BOBBY WAS HERE!
I’ve got two sets so I can stack more bands to add more resistance for a “heavier” workout.
Man! you're too good in explaining things.
Hah, thanks!
AHH!!! Someone who used you're* and too* correctly!!!!
I wish I got more NewBie Gainz in High School before I tore my shoulder wouldve made a lot of goals easier oh well haha great video man!
Doesn't seem like it slowed you down bro!
Do you have a SLAP tear (torn labrum)? Just discovered I have one of those and holy fu**ing balls it hurts and I can barely do anything weight wise anymore
How do you have time to comment on literally every single fitness video ever made? I swear to fuck you gotta have at least 10, 000 shadow clones
@@papapookey8017 That's what the "🗸" means - 10,000 shadow clones, and a healthy serving of egotism
@@egregiousqueef7781 The checkmark actually means you worked hard to get subscribers you dont know Jax blade if youre talking about ego. Looks like you need to check yourself, shit talker
This is the most scientifically accurate informational video about muscle contraction I have seen from a RUclipsr this dude definitely edumacated.
So I've worked out with the bands for a few months now and here is what I have found. The muscles that worked best with the bands are the triceps, shoulders & traps.
For traps do explosive shrugs. For triceps, tricep pushdowns and behind the back tricep extensions. For the shoulders skiers for rear, lateral raises for side, and overhead press for the front.
Exercise selection is vital with bands and using heavy enough bands is also important.
Tomorrow I'm going to start working out again.
Wish me good luck, especially for the dieting part!
i might too, but maybe in a month or so. good luck!
Mykolas Stankevičius
Bruh, start now or you will never start
Mykolas Stankevičius yeah start know what's going to happen in a month anything special and also from a month from now if you start tomorrow your going to see how far you've got...🙂
Good luck man!
i would but i'm waiting for better weather because i want to do HIIT cardio outside. also now it's just snow everywhere where i live
Been doing only resistance bands (Undersun Fitness by James Grage) for the last 60 days, have gotten better results than I ever did with weights. I could never feel the mind muscle connection that everyone talks about until I switched to bands. I have noticeable gains and I'm probably not going back to weights. My joints have thanked me for switching.
Do you recommend this brand for working out long term, I’m trying to find some sturdy bands and I’m seeing a lot of mixed reviews on every other brand these look durable
@@Dracofrm305 Like any band they do eventually degrade and snap, but I had mine for 4 months (Working out 5 days a week) before that ever happened.
They have a lifetime warranty though so I just sent a picture to their customer service and they sent me a new one, just had to pay for shipping. I've recently purchased two sets of the bands so that I always have one on backup.
Their customer service was exceptional, easiest experience I've ever had.
@@joelociraptorgaming80 Do they hit you when they snap? I just recently used bands, so I thought I should ask if they do.
@@CloudyWolf713
I'm no expert but anchoring against a door is probably not the best idea.
I use a power tower for anchoring my bands. I grabbed my dumbbells and placed them on the base frame of the tower to hold it in place. Probably about 200 pounds of weight holding the pull up power tower in place.
You can now use the leg raise handles, step up framing and even the bottom base for anchoring. I even use the ankle straps with the double rings for anchoring points.
That way you can create anchoring points that don't pull directly in your face. 😂
Get creative.
And I've been using resistance bands for about 6 months. *DON'T* overstretch them, just move up to the next heavier band.
@@CloudyWolf713
I use fabric covered bands for more than a year and they don't look like they have even been used...plus I don't destroy my hands and skin with simple latex bands.
Tips:
Do not use shoes, no sharp edges, no sharp doors or any sharp edged anchor point
Never stretch them beyond about 2 times original length
Grab them between thumb and palm of your hand, don't "squeze" a band
If you use carabiners and handles or anything use massive carabiners so the bands don't bend at the the edges
The real answer is a simple "yes, provided you understand how to translate the distinct resistance curve of bands into gains." You have to work out a bit differently. This means understanding how to take advantage of the band's ability to provide resistance in any plane, to compensate for higher resistance when taut, and capitalize on increased ability to vary tempo. All this can be done by creative and thoughtful exercise selection and programming. Check out bodybuilder James Grage's vids on building various body parts with only bands. He has combined analysis and personal experience into a method.
Man it. Worked for Johnny Bravo
This set comes with 5 bands of varying resistance, a storage bag, ruclips.net/user/postUgkxS7ex6L4sMqpaTn4LnBPyBmRQsSingL8y a small pamphlet with some sample exercises, and an access code for an online workout video. I haven't viewed the online video, so I cannot speak to the quality of that piece of the set. However, everything else is perfect for what I was looking for. The bands are durable, and the resistance strength varies enough between bands that they're each useful for different exercises and provide a great challenge as you gradually increase the resistance level for certain exercises. The only band I don't use very often is the lowest resistance band, but even that is nice for exercises that target weaker/seldom used muscle groups.
Weights 10/10 for gainz
Resistance bands 5/10 for gainz
Corona virus = no gym = cheap resistance bands 10/10 for gainz
I like your math
i got a couple home workout videos G!
It’s the only way for now 😣 weights online are sold out everywhereeee 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Coronavirus says fuck your bands and weights pass them off to me so I can kill your immune system when you let others workout with u
The only math I understand.
Got my bands yesterday and the first workout kicked my butt 😁
Bands will make her dance
James Bone facts
Ok mr. Mize
bicep - glue
In her pants
The cheeks clapping, and they ain’t using hands
I love using bands for calisthenics exercises, I often wrap one around my back to make push-ups more difficult. They also work well on the pull-up bar, allowing for assistance in L-sit pull-ups, as well as the pseudo-planche. If you only work out at home doing calisthenics and p90x inspired workouts, adding bands is a great way to make those exercises slightly more difficult.
As long as you're mindful of the resistance throughout a range of motion you can adapt exercises to get a full tension on the muscle. for instance with side raises you can use a heavier band from an anchor point to get full tension from the start of the movement of which you might only get partials but then you do a drop set with a lighter band to hit the top of the movement. or super set them which ever you prefer (or better yet alternate between the two each workout) like any adjustment in training you have to think smart and adapt
Short Answer: For Beginners - Yes. For Advanced - No, for the most part. The recommendation is to combine resistance bands with weights to get proper gainz. IMO, you can get results with resistance bands alone too, just of progressive overload with the bands and the proper excercise that give you a full range like bands + dips, pushups, ring(replaced with bands) bicep curls, tricep extensions over the head, etc.
Julio Chong the real MVP
Thank you!
@@hectorramos2121 Your welcome :)
Yes
Covid: allow me to introduce myself
Resistance is resistance. The resistance of bands is slightly different, but it's usually no big deal. Bands fail at some point (usually) because they have limited potential for adding resistance but they work fine for most people's fitness goals. Anti-band iron pumpers would probably be surprised how much stabilizer muscles get worked with bands vs iron. I use them exclusively anymore because I got old and I travel a lot and they fit into a suitcase really easily.
Yep, just that the resistance is applied different.
Why not just take a stronger band, fold band or ad 2 or more bands at same time to get more resistance?
Right! Two same green bands as in the video can produce (50-120)*2 = 100-240 lbs due to Hooke's law and physics. Isn`t it enough?
Turkiyem GayVloks Utrecht Lan do a shoulder press with high resistance bands and then come back and tell me if you think they involve less stabilizer muscles.
I've seen guys under estimate bands and try to do workouts with them only to find they have to use way lighter weight then they normally would. Because their stabilizers are disproportionately weak compared to the larger muscles from only doing free weights
Bands can actually make the stabilizers to work just as effective as free weights. Already proven by a lot of kinesiologists. With bands you can target any mucle in your entire body. Any muscle. The only reason why bands havent replaced free weigths is because people preffer to go to gyms with friends to make workouts less boring (for some reason people get bored easily with bands) and gyms preffer freeweigths because they last a lot logner than resistance bands, so in the long run for a gym its cheaper to buy free weigths than to buy resistance bands. This in turn cause people who go to gyms to get used to free weights, so in turn they prefer free weigths.
I have the power bands (no handles) and I used to take them on vacation with me because I sure a shit wasn't going to the gym on vacation but I wanted to exercise anyway. Now fast forward to the crap that's going on today and the gyms are closed. So I break out the power bands and start using them seriously. I have not lost an ounce of muscle and actually am making gains as this lockdown lingers on. Let me tell you that before this I thought using power bands for too long would make me lose what I've gained in the gym. I am seriously shocked at the results. To be honest I used to bash people that said bands could build muscle in someone that was a seasoned gym goer. My argument always was "When I see a pro bodybuilder use them instead of weights, I'll change also." I've been a gym rat for 35 years and the results with the bands are so good that I'm considering stopping my gym membership when this is all over.
It honestly pisses me off when people say that you can't building muscle with bands or bodyweight exercises, in my opinion, a weighted push up is better than a bench press because the ROM is the same, but you're activating your glutes and core. Especially if you do them on rings, which are an amazing tool btw. This video is completely wrong, you can build muscle with bands no matter how new or experienced with lifting.
I trained in tre gym for 6 years. When I started using resistance bands + calisthenics I grew PAST what I achieved in the gym. The secret is in buying COUPLES not single bands on 3 or 4 LEVELS of resistance so you don't have to use TOO heavy or TOO light bands for the excercises which makes them useless and also to go to public gyms where you can hook the bands in. i attribute this to the fact that bands put tension in the whole range of motion rather than on the lower portion like weight.
I have maintained nearly all of my muscles and physique with band training. It's amazing how well they work if you know what you're doing.
This channel has everything i like in a youtube channel: Animation, practical health/fitness guidance and in deepth science.
Excellente content! Keep the great work up
I mean honestly who can dislike a pleasant video such as this one? It’s so well made and has a certain charm to it that makes you want more!
Use bands(tube and flat one) for exercise thrice in a week for about 3 months and for me,it works wonderful.
The scientific detail he puts in an episode on a channel like this is great. Great content with the facts to back it up while keeping it entertaining
I'm liking the smooth animations and sliding.
Awesome! Glad you like it
next time please tell us about advantages and disadvantages of drop-sets
like First set 100 pounds
second der 80 Ponds
third set 60 pounds
and so on ...
What do you think ?
calimoveFTW i think a good build up should look like 1st set 60, 2nd set 80, 3rd set 100 and 4th back to 60
It's just a strategy to increase metabolic stress. it can be a good idea at times, but it can be hard to measure progress in drop sets, so it might be better to use at the end of a workout after your heavy compund lifts.
nijowe93 i do. calisthenics btw but you can also do it with dropping your weight west or so
calisthenics are great, just be sure to have some way to measure your progress. Doesn't matter much if it is increased reps or added weight or reduced rest time, but if you want to progress you should keep do at least a few easily trackable exercises.
calimoveFTW or vice versa
i mean first set 60
second 80
third 100
and so on... which is better !?!?
I've been following you for a while but I have to say that this more "sciency" way is very appreciated 😊👍🏻
Awesome! I'll try to incorporate it more.
James Grage proved they work just as well as weights.
Sara Sketches yup
yeah he showed some awesome excercizes
If James Grage proved that thing, you gotta suck that thing!!
@Michael G bands give you great control. Ultimately you need stability and control for gains! Machines handicap you and fuck your joints up by limiting your range of motion
ayy that's all I train with now is James bands
Using a lighter band, but starting it already stretched, means less variability in the band tension. So with some exercises (like the side raises) that partially offsets the growing resistance of the band as it gets longer.... (but careful not to go too far and snap it!!)
Yes, I've gotten more arm and back gains from bands then I ever have with weights.
Exactly people are ignorant and close minded
Really nailed it. I like to finish biceps with bands in the sauna and it really tears the muscle fibers. Also on chest day I used to throw bands on the bench and it would feel amazing. Highly recommended. A lot of bodybuilders prefer chains, but nearly the same concept. Thanks for the good content.
Thanks and great suggestions!
Next vid: Can you gain muscle mass from towels?
There's a patent on that magical device. Can't mess with it.
What about EMS?
Kai Shadowninja Towel rows is an essential exercise to build a thick back. Mike Chang from sixpackshortcocks approves.
Cemil Raman Mike change doesn't know much as is totally unreliable.
If you can break it probably
I’m 45 and have forgotten about massive gains. I’d like for my joints and tendons to work well when I’m 55 and so on. My goal is to be lean and strong, so far so good. I LOVE using them👍
you hit the nail on the head that i wish every beginner could understand.....pretty much no matter what you do you will see results. just stay consistent.
Holy, finally found a picfit video where the answer is not "it depends"
You will build muscle as long as you progressively overload them. Always aim to go as heavy as possible without compromising form. Go to failure and growth will happen.
I remember when you were 20,000 subscribers and I was there. You better not forget about me😢
Glad to see you're still here ;)
Ultimate Gandhi
Who you callin an unsub?
This video is 101% correct. I don’t know all of the terminology however. Because of the virus I wasn’t able to go to the gym so I bought weights and a heavy resistance band. I never used a band before so I just put it off to the side and I couldn’t do all of my workouts with just weights. So I tried the band and became innovative. As individuals they can help, but combining them you’ll be able to at the least maintain current muscle mass
As a baseball player, one such resistance band (known as Jaeger Bands or J-bands) routine specifically helps with the warm-up phase of throwing. While the resistance is relatively small, it is beneficial to properly warming up to throw a baseball. Obviously it being used for upper body mobility.
from my personal experience as someone who didn't work out much, I used resistance bands to build and tone my arms. I agree with the video that after getting stronger and getting to the 'heaviest' resistance, I'm looking to get some weights
You gotta stack up bands for more resistance and that's when bands get more intense and harder just like free weights I became lean because of bands and they do work 100 percent and are underrated just people don't know how to use them correctly.
@@SIKEGNGG yess!! I found this trick out recently!! It was a game changer!
i want get weight ↗️↗️ what is your advice and *exersises*
Your muscle only knows tension .Muscle is not intelligent to read it's dumbells or bands .
Exactly.
Love your videos! They're so informative and unbiased- so many fitness channels these days replacing facts with opinions and switching reality with sponsors. Keep doing what you're doing 😁
Thanks!
Can you PLEASE make a video on when to Bulk/Cut & break down what that actually is? I google and read so much about those topics, but still end up confused. Your videos simplify everything and are fun to watch.
I'm an over the road truck driver and work out strictly with calisthenics and bands and bands do not have a limit. You can stack them. They can get pretty heavy pretty much no limit to the resistance you can do and there are much cheaper alternative to weights. I think they work just as good if your creative with your exercise but good video
I didn't understand a thing, but the graphs were prettyyyyyy
I have 90kg resistance band, about 198 lbs. Training with this thing is definitely no joke. At least for me. But i also like to combine and switch up my training with free weights and calisthenics or combine the three. Its gives a lot of potential and its fun. And the result are also good.
Where did u get it!
Today was my first time trying out RB + FW on the bench press. My muscles got such a burn like I never felt before. I'm definitely going to be doing RB+FW exercises this point forward
I love this channel. Even tho there are channels that give ''more examples'' the one writing the scripts here never wastes time/doesn't use any filler. Straight to the point everytime, love it.
This is why i love documented informations. Im 4 years late and still get the chance
I guess I am getting those Newbie gains because fighting these bans really take a lot out of me.
Did you stick with after the years? How did it work out if you did?
@@itzamia I got hit hard with depression and stop doing everything even eating. I want to say that I am much better now but I am not. But before that hit me , I was doing well. I lost even lost fat using them. I was doing cardo to so I didn't lose just with those.
@@joeytheredkangaroo Hope you recover from the depression. I am going through a little of it myself and it can be consuming at times.
@@itzamia Thank you
@@joeytheredkangaroo if you are able to, spend some time outside preferably in a warm spot and read, listen to music, meditate (speculate on what you see). After awhile it helps see a new perspective and lifts much of the bad and depressing thoughts. Good luck to you, stranger✌🏼
So yes or no ?
It depends
Use both weights and bands basically
PPX EDITZ bands are fine, but to push further later on if you’d like; you should do weights and bands together.
Yes
Yes and you don’t need free weights there’s plenty of better videos explaining this.
love your channel. just found it and sitting here for an hour watching them
Thank you for actually explaining the science.
Resistance bands got me into doing workouts again after I paused going to the gym and lifting weights for many years because I didn't have the time for that anymore. I think they improve the mind-muscle connection much better because of their resistance curve. They are also more effective if you already know how to target which muscles etc. because you can get very creative with exercise selection and how you perform an exercise to increase or decrease the effort. I think they pair very well with bodyweight exercises since you can't do progressive overload as easily with bodyweight but with resistance bands it's a lot more granular. As long as you have an external anchor point for the band instead of relying only on your body, you can increase the resistance of a band simply by starting the exercise with the band already stretched further for example. Or if you need to decrease the resistance in the side raise example, you do a one-handed side raise and give the band more slack
Watched this in 60fps and it's AWESOME. Love the info you're putting out! Would you make a video on full-body workouts vs bro splits?
Resistance bands are a core part of my workout. I've been seeing gains for a while. I mix resistance bands with body weight movements (e.g. Push-ups)
However, using resistance bands and giving a 1-3 second hold at peak contraction really roasts the muscle. This has been great for shoulders.
Awesome man!
Nice vid as always, just seems like you put just a tiny bit more effort into this one :D
Definitely did ;) Thanks as always!
Np, your sub count is really growing. No wonder. You probably reach 1 million in under a year :D
love how you added some comedy and kind of gave the picture fit guy a personality, kind of makes it seem like he's talk directly to the viewer, good stuff. 😁
Yea man, glad you liked it!
This is the whole concept behind Westside Barbell's use of bands and chains. Good video.
Ok so whoever says they can’t build muscle with bands obviously don’t know about how muscle grows 80 pounds bands v 80 pound weights no difference
Hey Picturefit I love your channel it has really helped me out on starting my workout goals.
I would love it if you could do a video explaining the differences between a bodybuilder and a professional weightlifter and also explaining how to achieve either through your workouts.
all the best, and keep making these awesome informational videos :)
I'll write this idea down! Thanks!
can you do one about sprinting on what it does for legs strength
PictureFit yes do this! great suggestion double4anime
and compared to lifting with your legs..
From my experience, before I started weight training I had big legs already due to all the football and sprint training I did without touching weights or even trying to eat a calories surplus. So sprints do improve leg strength and muscle mass.
double4anime
Same, I have very strong quads before weight training because I sprint.
I absolutely love using resistance bands. I personally own about 250 lb of quality resistance bands and it weighs under 10 lb. I strongly feel had I used resistance bands years back instead of the listing heavyweights I would not have the physical limitations I have today.
Using bands to strengthen an awful shoulder injury. So far I love it.
Standard press up position with the end of a loop band in each hand placed over the shoulders.... Extra resistance In push-ups whoop
Good call!
As if push ups werent bad enough already
Funny, that's how I managed to work my way up to holding a frog handstand for the first time ever. My experience validates your idea.
I just listen to my bands while working out. It works
I never use bands because I'm always terrified of them snapping lol
Any kind of routine excercise done over a long time will give you results, just have to do it for long enough and not give up!
I use bands on an empty bar to practice squat form before putting on weight. Bands are also great if the disks in your back have snapped like mine.
Can You do a video on if protein shake good for 14 or 15 years old basically teens?
hes made like 3 different videos on protein.
Amjidullah Khan go for it
Amjidullah Khan and for steroids
Amjidullah Khan why would it be bad?
Protein shakes aren't really that different when compared to other foods, drinking them at any age is completely safe
Great vid! Good job, i've been working with bands for a month now cuz of my shoulder injury and they help a lot coming back in shape!
That cov-19 search
Try toilet paper. It works compared to towel.
@@raymondbunagan1448 what about wet wipes?
I do weight training regularly and taking the bicep curl as an example, there is something called a cheat curl. you essentially grab a weight that normally is too challenging for the extended range of your curl, and then use your body to slightly swing the dumbbell into the middle range, skipping the weak end of your arm entirely. that might sound bad, but it is actually a good workout to incorporate into your training as once you curl it up all the way up, you SLOWLY lower it down to the extended position, which focuses on the Negative movement of your rep. it trains your arm differently but is great to help make those GAINS. I like to do Negative workouts first and then switch to lighter weights to focus on the positive motions of the curl.
I have advanced more with bands than with weights. However im not against weights
This animation involves of biomechanical advantages/disadvantages of free weight and bands. Great animation bro thanks to you!
Newbies must see this!
So basically, the biggest disadvantage to using bands is that you can grow out of the "lighter" bands quickly, and not have enough incremental increase in resistance through to the next available "heavier" band?
Have you heard of stackable resistance bands? They do not have the handles attached to them, but rather a metal D-ring, which then can be attached to handles. As such you can "stack" bands, and use more than one to incrementally increase resistance. These bands can also be looped through a door anchor, so that the anchoring point can be high, waist level, or low. Tada! Problem solved. You virtually have the equivalent of one of those cable weight machines at the gym, giving you excellent versatility, and the ability to work out all the major muscle groups with varying resistance.
It seems reasonable then, that bands can potentially give you the same gains as free weights.
tristanhnl no that's not all the disadvantages the video explained about bands. Rather big downfall of bands as discussed is you can't load past certain resistance if your body is not anchored. Chest press, row, ... You can only gain till bands break your positioning because it's more than your bodyweight now. There are other issues with band training about how muscle does react differently when it gets used to having less resistance at the beginning of a movement than ending . For general fitness, they work of you stick with training with them but some companies ( bodylastics comes to mind ) advertise them as something that's as good or even better than gravity based weight or weight machines and that's not true.
Oh ok, good points. I imagine however, you have to weigh as much as a twig to get to the point where the resistance from the bands is greater than your own body weight to pull you out of position for the exercises you mentioned. Also, many exercises such as the chest press can be anchored low such that the floor you're standing on keeps you from being pulled by the bands. When all is said and done, I suppose it's about what your fitness goals are. If you're trying to build a good amount of muscle, most people can achieve that with bands. If you're trying to look like Arnold Schwarzeneggar, then weights are the only option.
I agree with you only to certain point because everyone has different perception of what's "good amount of muscle". For beginners, yes, band training can lay down some amount of muscles as muscle just isn't used to any type of external resistance produced purposefully. You said you can anchor your body low to load. If you consider physics, more specifically, vector, then no, you can't maintain your body position so that all the force gets concentrated on the chest during the movement when loaded close to your bodyweight. Your body has equal amount opposing force when the direction of the force is complete opposite and you can not put your body in that position if loaded in such amount. Arthur Jones used to preach his nautilus machines will be as good or better because muscle won't know the difference. It turned out that it's not true. I wish people stop saying that muscle doesn't know the difference. Muscle reacts differently even with slight bit different external force production. Loading 30lbs during the entire movement generates different outcomes than 30lbs only at the lockout.
Valid points, but remember what this video is saying- "you can't gain mass apart from 'newbie gains' with bands", which is untrue. If you want to make the case that it's not as efficient as weights which gives you the specific resistance from the onset of a repetition, then I'd agree with you 100%. Yet for all the advantages that bands provide over weights, I'll go with bands. Besides, with bands you can incrementally increase resistance such that the beginning part of the motion is heavy enough without making it too heavy to the point the end portion of the repetition is unreachable.
I will amend the last statement of my first post to say you can obtain the same gains "up to a certain extent", but will call nonsense on the claim that they'll work only for beginners.
The argument I gave you is based on physics again, with theory of vector. I understand everyone has preference in terms of what they want to use but the opinion 'you rather use bands' does NOT disprove the science. Yes, bands have advantages in reducing joint trauma but again, in muscle building department, it doesn't accomplish the job on advanced athlete. You could potentially add it as supplement to traditional weight training.
If science cant satisfy your curiosity, then I would ask you to stop the next muscular guy you run into, doesn't have to a big bodybuilder but muscular strength type athlete, to see what they use primarily. I guarantee you it's going to be some form of dead weight training.
I don't hate bands. I've used stackable bands for 3 years when I couldn't get to a gym for personal/professional reasons. So I know what it can do it can't do for me and others I got to converse with on the topic who were in the similar situations. But if you need more evidence than science, ask that question I mentioned above. Bands have been around now for a while, even the stackable types. So it's not like people don't know about this.
Great video! At what length do the resistance levels occur? For example, how far do I need to pull the 15 lb band to actually feel 15 pounds? This is helpful if I want to increase the resistance from, say, 15 to 17 lbs but not 20 lbs, or to start at 10 lbs and not 15 lbs. In other words, I almost feel I should get a weight scale to "calibrate" distances so that I don't overwork a muscle. Thanks for answering!
I've personally found resistance bands more effective than weights when it comes to chest isolation movements and even some chest compound exercises. Definitely worth trying.
Killer triceps superset I use and with my clients.
Skull crushers (weights)
Bent over kickbacks with static holds
Skull crushers (weights) to failure
Bent over kickbacks with static holds (bands) = 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds - 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds - 5 reps - hold in the fully contracted position for 5 seconds. So in the kickbacks you'll do 15 reps total plus 3 5 second holds.
This is a KILLER .
Repeat this super set 3 - 4 times
Enjoy
Easton, Pennsylvania SO COLD right now! Lol I just started bands. I have had 4 back and neck surgeries in past 2 years. 2 minths ago I had a Medtronic spinal cord stimulator implant put in and this is game changer for me. Your work out is on point for these reasons. Love it and thank you for being my number one, every day routine. ❤
Hey man loving the new dynamics of your videos, question for you, have you made any videos on negative rep? and if you have not, would you be interested in making one, many other people have made one but i don't find them very informative. thanks for reading.
Yea, would love to cover negatives! And glad you like the new dynamics!
I used to hit weights and somehow always end up with a pain/tweak somewhere in my body every other week, not to mention after covid gyms became socialist states with countless stupid rules.
Switched to bands and I find that I'm more sore than I used to get with weights TUT is unreal, it works!
Mixed resistance bands with some calisthenics and steady-state cardio and I'm noticing changes weekly! I cannot recommend this enough.
Whoever reads this, have a good day bro!
Add a pull up bar/ dip bar and a squat rack. Maybe some strong man exercises like tire flips and hammer the tire.
@@right-wing_reactionarychri8798 yeah dude! I got parallel bars, 10/10 recommend!
exactly, resistance bands are a safer choice for me, though pain/tweak can still happen, it's something I can manage.
A simple " they get harder as you pull them" would've sufficed
billy jack that’s what she said
@@LaMuffin-il7ei lol
Maria Rodriguez GOT THAT HARD ALL DAY N NITE FOR U😉🤣🤣🤣😈😈😈
You mean more difficult?
@@LaMuffin-il7ei Haha. Guapa.
I use bands for some upper body exercises because I have a shoulder injury and they're the only thing I can do.. I still train my good arm with heavier weights and other exercises.. but using resistance bands is pretty helpful for my injured arm
I just started working out again and on off days I will still do drills on lighter bands for injury prevention. Like shoulder and rotator cuff drills. the small muscles do not need a lot of resistance which makes them perfect for the light resistance bands. Like a lot of people, I sit all day. So my shoulders slump and my posture is bad. Plus if I have a busy day and can't make it to the gym, I can still do these drills. All of which I found online and on RUclips.
Can you please do a video on wheat? Is it bad or good for you? Thanks so much!
Hayden its good for your body.... Provides great energy, and gives you strength and stamina....
Imagine how fit picturefit is knowing all these tips and tricks he is bloody superman probably 😂
So can you build muscle with just bands? I'm still confused.
Yes. This video is bulls**t. He doesn’t know how to properly use bands. Watch James grage’s channel. The guy who made the video is a dip s**t
Simple answer is Yes they do build muscle, but as you progress you'll need a thicker band.
Although they have their use nothing compares to actual weights.
Awaiting bone graft and key hole surgery on left delt. Bands are so much easier to get a decent burn with than dumbbells . Love my bands