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Resistance bands

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  • 19-03-2020 1:23am
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    DisneyLover
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    How do you know which to use ?

    I bought one that said large and was 7 quid in sports direct... anyway it doesn't fit around my thighs and I'm not even that big !! What a sad way to celebrate losing 2 and a half stone lol

    Can anyone recommend one to me to buy ? I'm a beginner and looking for help with with glute gains for doing squats donkey kicks etc from home while gym closed !


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Or are the band's just a marketing thing and make no difference?


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,051 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    DisneyLover wrote: »
    Or are the band's just a marketing thing and make no difference?

    What are you trying to do with it?

    Bands provide resistance for weight lifting like movements. That’s it.


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Mellor wrote: »
    What are you trying to do with it?

    Bands provide resistance for weight lifting like movements. That’s it.

    Well I see all the fitness YouTubers using them doing like glute kickbacks are they unnecessary then ?


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    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,555 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    DisneyLover wrote: »
    Well I see all the fitness YouTubers using them doing like glute kickbacks are they unnecessary then ?

    They add resistance to a movement. So the muscles involved in the glute kickback, for example, have to work that bit harder to complete the movement when the band is resisting the movement.

    It's fundamentally just the same as using a dumbbell, for example, to add resistance to movements. Because doing them with zero resistance would be of little use.


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    Mellor
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    DisneyLover wrote: »
    Well I see all the fitness YouTubers using them doing like glute kickbacks are they unnecessary then ?

    They are necessary if you want to do glute kickbacks and don’t have access to a kickback machine.
    What do you want to use them for?


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Mellor wrote: »
    They are necessary if you want to do glute kickbacks and don’t have access to a kickback machine.
    What do you want to use them for?


    It says on the one I have large and 18lbs and it won't fit around my thighs :/ prob need to wait til thighs magically disappear lol

    Doing online workouts from home with my kettlebell like for core shoulders lower body etc wanted to add in the band when doing glute stuff like all the girls on YouTube do now I'm like is it a gimic lol


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    Mellor
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    It’s not a gimmick. You just don’t know how to use it. And probably bought the wrong type of band.


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Mellor wrote: »
    It’s not a gimmick. You just don’t know how to use it. And probably bought the wrong type of band.

    Ok sorry.. I just bought it Friday cause I knew I'd be self isolating.

    It's this one https://ie.sportsdirect.com/ptp-microband-760668#colcode=76066816


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    GreeBo
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    Just do them standing with the band around your ankles...

    image_iphone.jpg


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    silverharp
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    im trying to get the hang of them at the moment, i only have 2 of the long thin ones. Banded pressups work and if you can tie them to a table leg, door handle you can add resistance to crunches, various kind of rows, stand on them for curls and raises.

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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Just do them standing with the band around your ankles...

    image_iphone.jpg

    So I presume the like massive ones online from Adidas are for around the thighs lol


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    Alf Veedersane
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    I'd use those mini bands around my thighs just above my knees for some exercises. You probably don't need to have it much further up your thighs than that. And it's going to be tight around your thighs but you should be able to push against it.


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    I'd use those mini bands around my thighs just above my knees for some exercises. You probably don't need to have it much further up your thighs than that. And it's going to be tight around your thighs but you should be able to push against it.

    The band won't stay right when I do that so presume I need bigger ones lol. As in the band scrunched up


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    Alf Veedersane
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    DisneyLover wrote: »


    The band won't stay right when I do that so presume I need bigger ones lol. As in the band scrunched up

    Doesn't matter if it's scrunched up. It will still provide resistance


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    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    a very good video and to the point

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_r_VPH35p4

    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    GreeBo
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    DisneyLover wrote: »


    The band won't stay right when I do that so presume I need bigger ones lol. As in the band scrunched up

    They scrunch for everyone!
    The lower you put them the better really, too high and it's less effective.


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    Doesn't matter if it's scrunched up. It will still provide resistance

    Thank you for the help ill try it today for a workout. 13 days self isolating finally feeling better ! Sound


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    DisneyLover
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭DisneyLover


    GreeBo wrote: »
    They scrunch for everyone!
    The lower you put them the better really, too high and it's less effective.


    Didn't know that thank you !


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    the baby bull elephant
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    For anyone planning on using bands for at home workouts John Meadows posted a PPL programme on YouTube.

    https://youtu.be/pjeudmtmEU4


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