Exercises with resistance band - benefits and rules

Do exercises with resistance band belong to your training repertoire? Are you friends rather with exercises without any aids? Super, it is practical and effective. Maybe we surprise you now, but exercises with band are very similar as sport with own weight. It is very popular type of physical activity, which is universal – used in strengthening, stretching, warm-up, for cardio trainings and has its place also in rehabilitations.

Advantages of exercises with band

1. If we want to look at resistance band from simple, practical point of view, then its first big benefit is its size. If you want to start exercising with aids, but don't have much space available, we warmly recommend precisely exercises with band. Moreover, unlike larger and smaller fitness machines it fits into backpack too. Therefore you can calmly take it over weekend to water, to park, even on vacation or fitness centers.
2. Now you might say: "Sure, it's fine, but I want REALLY strong muscles." Have no worries, you will have them. Exercise band is excellent for moving such, even smaller muscle groups and body parts, which you can't reach with dumbbells. It allows you therefore to elevate trainings to much higher level. You will see already after few weeks that also thanks to this your figure will shape quite quickly.
3. Exercises with band are suitable also for those who like to use their creative talents always and everywhere including sports. While for example stationary bike allows you only single way of physical activity with variations, band provides you immediately several new possibilities. It means that your regular training can be enriched by 10-20 new exercises, if you are in mood for it.

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Even exercises with band have their rules

At first glance it might seem that exercises with band must be very simple and it is not possible to perform them incorrectly. It is not so. There exist certain rules, and if you don't follow them, you expose yourself to risk of injury. First, always wrap band around hand or leg double. Further, band should be taut, otherwise given exercise makes no sense. You increase effectiveness of movements also if you slow them down, so pay attention rather to quality than quantity. If during training you feel pain, it can be signal that you need one degree weaker band. Conversely, if during exercises with band your muscles are "bored", switch to stronger aid.

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