Improve your training program with the resistance rubber

Power bands became very popular fitness equipment a few years ago. Westside Barbell Club made resistance rubber famous. This club is number one in powerlifting, they have a lot of strength records and have won many competitions. According to the Westside Barbell Club, weightlifters and other athletes are beginning to use this equipment. If you need a new boost for your muscles and performance, try using power bands. They will help you because they work perfectly.

Resistance rubbers have become very popular equipment in functional training. Variable resistance will improve your strength capabilities and body composition. However, it can also serve as a training partner in your training (pull-ups).

Move your limits

To explain how power bands work, I first need to explain how it works in gyms without them. Normally we use the constancy resistor. This means that 100 kg is always 100 kg. Training resistance does not change during exercise.

People are differently strong in each part of the movement. For example, you lift more weight in the high position of the bench press than in the low position. This rule can be applied to other exercises like squats, deadlifts, military press, biceps curl, etc. An effective workout allows you to: gain muscle, burn fat and get stronger. You need to find a way to properly stress the muscles and tissues.

Unfortunately, if we only use linear resistance, we lose a lot of important stress that is important for the muscles. The muscles do not work at 100% during a linear resistance. In the high position, the muscles are more “lazy” than in the low position. If we want to strengthen our muscles, we must aim for a lower position. We can solve this problem by dynamic loading method.

Dynamic loading method

Fortunately, there is an easy way to create dynamic resistance from static resistance. Just use chains and your bar will have a different weight in the lower and upper position. For example. If we lift 70 kg dumbbells, we lift in the low position about 50 kg. This is very important because the human body is much stronger in the high position, so this method copies our natural power. The resistance changes with the length of the chain. More chain in the air means heavier weight.

Your muscles will have to work 100% in full motion. Not only at the bottom exercise position. They will no longer be lazy at the top of the bench press but will be stressed at full scale during the bench press. This great stress will force your muscles to grow and grow like never before.