I Got My Bands! I Got My Bands!!

[Deciever]

I got my bands! i ordered on thursday and they got here today.. so quick.. i wish i would've lifted tonight, cuase then i could've experimented with them

 

[Deciever]

i set them up down in my basement on an old bench just did a mini doubled on each side of the bar with 65 lbs. It felt pretty cool. Its gonna take me a few times to get used to it.

IYHO what do you think is the best way to set up the bands.. i just looped them through dumbells

 

[goldenone]

I just use two cinder blocks on each side,so the bands are on the floor.

So they look kinda look like this set up http://www.geocities.com/johntroxel71/spbench.html

I got a poer rack so I use the blocks.

 

[sausage]

were do you order your bands from can you get them online ive been looking to get some for a while

 

[goldenone]

Bands

http://www.elitefitnesssystems.com/

 

[Deciever]

http://www.flexcart.com/members/elitefts/default.asp?cid=138 minibands are back ordered i think, so i ordered mine from www.jumpstretch.com really quick delivery from jump stretch, ordered mine thursday, got them on monday..

i like the bar under the dumbell idea on setting it up

 

[sausage]

damn already ordered from elite

 

[Deciever]

that sucks, which ones did you order?

 

[sausage]

strong flex band $57 for 2

 

[Deciever]

those shouldnt be backorderd. only the mini's are..
what are your lifts at? must be pretty high if your getting strong bands

 

[sausage]

i have a slightly torn pec muscle so im not sure what the bench is. i was doing 315 for 6

 

[goldenone]

So raw you could hit around 375-380 1rm?

Whats your stats?

 

[sausage]

22 5'10" 205lbs

 

[goldenone]

Thats stout as hell.I weighed in at 228 today.Im trying to bump my weight up to 235 but its been hard cause of work,etc...

 

[bigokie]

Good deal

Just to tell ya, I'm sure you heard this already. Don't use the bands for more than 3 or so weeks on dyn bench without switching to chains or raw weight. If you do your joints will let you know their pissed. It will take you a workout or two to get used to them. But the persistence will pay off.

I'm ordering 2 more sets tomorrow. Not minis though, I've got the minis. I'm ordering some more for squat.

If your power rack has the lower supports they are perfect for looping the bands around. If not db will work just make sure they're heavy enough.

 

[sausage]

so is it better to use them every other week. i dont know much about them just that they get your bench up.

 

[sausage]

or do any of you know a good website that i can read up on training with bands?

 

[jimmydean]

There are some articles on resistance training on deepsquatter.com in the archive section under louie simmons and maybe date tate.

 

[Cubanito17]

sausage

http://www.testosterone.net/html/body_127resist.html

That's the best place if you wanna know about bands&chains.