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Band training for coaches, allows coaches to coach a little easier   Band training for coaches should start with implementing bands into a consistent flexibility program.  This can be done as a 25 minute pre-lifting warm up that also includes some lunge reach training as well as some running.   Our weekly warm-up goes like…

Bootcamp Training with Bands is hands down the easiest, most efficient, most versatile and most affordable way to train a large group of Fitness enthusiasts Any Where, Any Time at  Any Intensity.     I work with 100’s of fitness professionals every month and they all tell me the same thing about Bootcamp training with…

Training Senior Citizens with Resistance Bands comes down to making sure success is 100% Guaranteed.     Recently I have had a few email questions about training senior citizens with resistance bands, especially as it relates to safety and progressions.  What is really cool is bands work well for seniors because used correctly they address…

Band utility strap allows you to create your own home pulley system instantly!!       As a trainer you are always looking for ways to quickly assist your clients and when you are working with large groups this can be a little challenging.   Recently I was talking to Ryan Ketchum a very good fitness…

Training with bands allows you to improve power by becoming  quick      Power = Force x Distance / Time with Time being the key variable.  For most trainers, coaches and athletes, when the topic of Power comes up, it usually gets pointed back to how much weight (force) is being lifted versus how fast…

Strength Training with Bands comes down to Time under Tension while inviting the trunk to join you.   There are a lot of theories about how to gain strength and all of them have their arguments.   When it comes to strength training with bands, I have many people that don’t feel you can get stronger…

Band Training on Vacation in Florida is Super Easy if you have your bands with you   Most of the time when people go on trips for business or pleasure they do not consider how they are going to work out.   Very often I do not know what I am going to encounter when I…

Training with Bands and the Power of the Palm     I use to say that training with bands was all about getting the body to react not just contract.  This still remains a constant and is something I learn more about every day I continue to train with bands.   For instances, let’s look…

Resistance Band Training Special Secret…. INTEGRATION     One of the things I constantly see when starting to teach individual’s how to start implementing resistance band training is the lack of integration as they perform what should be total body exercises.  This weekend it was very obvious during my IYCA 75 person boot camp I…

Stretching the shoulder with bands is the best of both worlds… Lengthening with Distraction     For years as a physical therapist, I passively stretched and mobilized the shoulder joint and frankly I inflicted a lot of unnecessarily pain on patients.   Capsular tightness does occur and does need passive overpressure stretching and yes muscles do…