[quote]bignate wrote:
Smorris wrote:
If bands are only providing resistance at the top, you’ve got them on wrong.
Double the bands and you’ll have resistance starting from the bottom.
I can tell you that I wear nothing but a belt and bands have WITH OUT A DOUBT helped all of my lifts. And, I started using them after about 10 years of lifting, so count out beginner gains.
-Steve Morris
thnx, yeh i did double them and have no idea how much tension they had but i could only box squat 225x3 with them doubled and i can normally do 315 for 3 so hopefully they are gonna work, im excited to try them on the bench because my bench is just really slow, my 225 attempt looks like my 250+ attempts…[/quote]
Hey Nate,
Check elitefts.com, I’m pretty sure they have a Band manual. Or, get the Westside Barbell DVD on reactive strenth methods. They’ll explain exactly how to use the bands. They can be tricky fuckers, so be careful.
thnx guys, i got them set up real nice today, my dad bought extra long bolts and we put one on each end of the rack at the base, added a cylander so its smooth and now i can put each end on that then put it over the bar if that sounds right? it worked real well, anyways this is how ill be strutcuring my benching workouts:
fridays:
pin press with bands, 1 inch above chest 3x3
incline or decline press, 5 sets of 5-10 reps
shoulder rehab movement
skull crushers 4x6-12
band pushdowns 1x100 (helps my elbows)
mondays:
close grip band press 5x5
pin press 4x3-6
btn press 4x10-12
band lateral raises3xfailure
skull crushers or what other tricep movement can i throw in with a barbell i should be getting adjustable dumbells soon…
[quote]bignate wrote:
i just got monster mini flex bands, and was planning on using them for benching and squatting, i think they will help me with my sport (track, shotput) in making me have more of a power to accellerate,
But what im also wondering is if they will help my lifts even though i lift raw, my sticking points are in the hole and off the chest so i assumed this would curve to that and help me become more explosive, yes? also what other exercises could i use them for to make them useful? thanks guys[/quote]
You won’t even be able to feel those bands on the squat, and you’ll probably over stretch them if you try to double them up and squat, unless you’re some kind of midget, no offense intended if you really are a midget.
Yes, I’m using midget and not little person, because I know a lot of old people that are little, but they’re not midgets, so there. Anyway…
For a raw lifter try some iso holds in the low position. Go heavy in a rack. Find weights you can hold for 5 seconds about 1/2 inch off chest.Spend more time in the hole if that is where you are weak Also do supramax eccentric work down to pins. Bands wil absolutly help a raw lifter.
bands = good
teach explosiveness and to blow past certain portains of the lift. ive been incorporating 2 board cg with minis and its blasting my tris. give em a try and if you dont find a use for them send them to me =P
[quote]pushharder wrote:
smokotime wrote:
I think bands will help, expecially if you normally touch and go. 2 reasons:
They’ll make you continually accelerate the bar and get a lot more out of your midrange and lockout.
They make you set up better and keep tight. Considerable band tension really punishes you when you don’t do that.
I’ve only been on the bandwagon for a few months now and mainly for my deadlifts but I have got to vouch for the quoted post. They have given me a whole new psychological approach.[/quote]
Mini bands on the sumo jump stretch platform are my main form of deadlift training. they teach you to pull hard and fast better than any other method I have tried.