BE YOUR OWN SUPER HERO – WORKOUTS GET EASIER WHEN YOU EXERCISE AT HOME USING RESISTENCE BANDS.
Resistence Bands take up little or no space, but give you a full body workout just like a full gym. Plus at home you can get a virtual trainer instead of signing up for a gym membership – IT IS A WIN! WIN! situation! – It creates a situation where you might actually get fit plus the spouse or roommate doesn’t complain that the living room being full of heavy and ugly free-weights, bars, and racks.
EQUIPMENT
Needed are a set of FLAT RESISTENCE BANDS, or round resistence bands which tend to break more often, a platform for standing where the bands can run underneath, a bar with round mounts on the end to hold large carabiners or flat strap holders (available), over door anchors flat metal or cloth with a sponge ball trap, individual handles for the straps, an extender strap with multiple openings to adjust you distance from the door. Compared to weights this can cost hundreds or thousands less than a bulky freeweight set up. (Research resistence bands and band accessories online – there are many options. USA based companies seem to have better quality bands and accessories that you can count on. There can be many poor quality scammers selling resisence bands outside of the US.)
EXERCISES:
Any exercise machine at the gym can be replicated, with a little creativity and combination of equipment.
OTHER EXERCISES
Your imagination is your only limitation for using resistence bands, other options would be:
CHEST FLYS using the handles
SIDE STEPS using smaller bands
OVERHEAD TRYCEPT PULLS
PULL DOWNS using a top of the door anchor
ROMANIAN DEAD LIFTS using the foot plate and a heavy band
SIDE TWISTS
SEATED ROWS
ALL BODY WEIGHT EXERCISES can be assisted by bands
ISOMETRIC EXERCISES where you hold the resistence for a period of time.
(Source: photos used were in public domain postings.)
