100 rep band pushdowns..

[Adam MacKinnon]

I did these last night and they were a killer. I dont have the light bands so i just used two minis over my door. i only got 35 reps on the first set then did the 10 second rest's until i hit a 100. Do any of you guys do them? What bands do you use and what is your max bench?
These seemed to be pretty hard for a recovery workout and i wanted to know if I was using the right amount of tension. BTW my max bench is 275
Thanks!

 

[Screwball]

Hey Adam,

I've used the 100-rep mini-band pressdowns in the past but don't use it much anymore. When I did them I used a single mini-band. I threw the band over the top of the rack and put my hands through the two ends hanging down - press away. I would usually do 4 sets of 25 or 2 sets of 50 if I felt strong - burns like hell. The idea of the feeder workout is to pump blood in the previously trained muscle to speed the recovery process. You should not stress the previously trained muscle inordinantly. If you are using the 100-rep pressdowns as an extra workout to concentrate on a weak muscle group then you can just go by feel and make sure that the extra work does not affect your ME and DE workouts. I stopped using feeder and extra workouts because I felt they were compromising my ME and DE days. I need the down time to recover. If my progression begins to slow you can be sure I will remedy the situation by increasing my GPP which is not great at the moment. Good luck!

By the way I use the mini-band and I bench in the low 400's raw.

 

[SouthPawSE]

I bench heavy on Sunday. Speed bench Wedn. Fri I do 100 reps with 1/2 inch mini band or VERY light pushdowns for 100 reps. Remember this is not a "workout", it's mainly to force blood in the muscles as well as Tendons and ligament to hasten recovery. I don't know that I've seen an increase on my bench from it, but my elbows give me less problems now.

 

[endpoint]

I dont acctually have jump stretch bands.........but i got my hands on some physio therapist bands. At the end of the 100 reps i feel pumped.....but no real burn. since trying this my recovery time has shot up.....i feel like i can handle more.

i think if i went to total failure it would hurt my recovery not aid it.

as the other guys mentioned its more a recovery thing

 

[The mann]

i have been using bands fo awhile but just started doing "recovery" with them on off days.i'm curious also to see if it helps or hurts.i'll gauge it by how my ME and speed days go,.....