The best way to keep weight lifting a part of your weekly workout is to use bands with weights. In this article, Dave covers 18 examples.
10 Unique RBT-To-Go Band Set-Ups
Perform these 10 band set-ups using the Travel Fit Kit and Gym-to-Go Band Package so you can knockout endless workouts every time you travel.
Thunder Band Workout Finisher
Thunder Band Workout Finisher will allow you to hit the entire body in 6 minutes. However, if you want more, here are two other ways to set up this workout.
6 Steps to Getting Started with Resistance Band Training
Wondering what to do after you’ve purchased your Quantum Bands Package? Here are 6 steps to getting started with resistance band training.
Contrast Band Training – 4 Easy Ways to Program it Into Your Workouts
For active aging adults, who love to workout with weights, contrast band training is the easiest and most joint friendly way to keep weight lifting into your weekly workout routine without beating up and aging your body.
Senior Band Training Blueprint
Resistance Band Training is perfect for senior fitness enthusiasts for several reasons. However, without a proven Senior Band Training Blueprint to follow, it’s difficult to develop early training success.
Complete Upper Body Band Gym Workout
This Band Gym Workout is designed to create muscle definition while increasing strength and power throughout the entire upper body using Quantum Bands.
Is Resistance Band Training Right For YOU?
Over the years I have been asked by 1000’s of people if resistance band training is right for them and where should they begin. Here are the top 10 questions you should ask yourself to see if resistance band training is a good fit for you.
Squat Workout To End Muscle Imbalance
This Squat Workout will hit every plane and multiple force vector to ensure you eliminate injuries caused by muscle imbalance.
10 Attached Band Leg Strengthening Exercises
Because gravity creates wear and tear on our joints, attached band leg strengthening exercises are a great option for long-term fitness success.
Starter Ab Stabilization Workout
The abs are not designed to be movers of the lower back. So stop with the crunches, sit-ups, and leg raises. Implement this Ab Stabilization Workout.
Shoulder Press Workout
The pillar shoulder press workout is an awesome shoulder strength training workout that is joint friendly and creates ab and scapular stabilization.
10 Top Healthy Band Shoulder Press Exercises
Band shoulder press exercises are joint friendly and provide several other added benefits that traditional free weight shoulder press exercises can’t.
Crawling Push Up Challenge Workout
Combining crawling, push ups, and a resistance band instantly creates a push up challenge workout that builds serious muscle strength and definition.
Heavy Band Pulling Workout
Here is a perfect example of a Heavy Band Pulling Workout that gets every mid back pulling muscle while quickly changing up planes of movement.
10 Attached Band Pushing Exercises that are Better than Free Weights
Attached Band Pushing will allow you to strengthen and mobilize your body in ways that will make it stronger, more powerful and more coordinated with daily activities while decreasing post workout joint pain and stiffness.
6 Reasons RBT Makes You More Athletic
Don’t workout to just stay in shape and get strong. Implement resistance band training into your workouts to achieve athletic fit longevity.
Attached Upper Body Challenge Workout
The Upper Body Challenge Workout is a rep based workout that uses a rep scheme of 21-15-9-5. You will alternate through 6 different attached band exercises using 3 different levels of band resistance for specific exercises.
10 Advanced Band Exercises for the Arms
Over the years I have come across 10 advanced band exercises for the arms I rarely see trainers or fitness enthusiasts attempting. Here are a few rules to keep in mind when progressing into more advanced band exercises.
Variable Resistance Training Band Set-Up Options
Combining band resistance with free weight resistance, which is referred to as variable resistance training, is an effective way to strength train for anyone that doesn’t want to overload the body and related joints with heavy weight.
Band Locomotion Strength and Conditioning – 4 Part Series
The key to safe band locomotion training is progression of resistance and amplitude of movement. The following 4 Part Series will take you through how to incorporate RBT Locomotion into your workouts.
Flexibility and Mobility Training … Why Bands Work!!
This world has a serious stiffness epidemic going on and it’s not getting better. Discover why bands work and why they are your best option to fight the stiffness epidemic.
Moms Start Here
After training 1000’s of moms over the years, I think I have figured out where you are going to have the most success with Resistance Band Training (RBT). Moms do best with attached band training and implementing 13” Dynamic Stabilizer Training.
How to Develop Usable Abs – 3 Part Training Series
It doesn’t matter what gym it is, you see people lying on their back doing 100’s of sit-ups, crunches, trunk twists and these goofy windshield wiper things. Here are 5 reasons why you should never do sit-ups, crunches and trunk twists again.
Increase Running Strength – 28-1 Band Exercises that work
A resistance band’s portability, adaptability and versatility makes it convenient for anyone to increase running strength, coordination and balance anywhere, anytime, at any intensity level. Increase running strength with these 28-1 band exercises.
10 Guaranteed Butt Activation Exercises
It is no surprise the butt is often called “The Big House” when it comes to talking about muscle function. Resistance bands are the best way to get your butt muscles activated and stronger. Here are 10 band exercises that activate and strengthen your butt.
6 Summer Run-Strength Workouts
In this video Dave walks you through 6 Summer Run-Strength Workouts.
Band Ankle Mobilization – Why and How To Do It
Spending about 2 minutes on each ankle prior to doing your hip and shoulder band stretching seems to be all that is needed to help maintain good ankle joint mobility. By building this into your band hip and shoulder stretching routine it makes it very easy to complete on a consistent basis.
Chest Cluster AMRAP Band Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Chest Cluster AMRAP Band Workout.
Olympic Band Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Olympic Band Workout.
Sweat Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Sweat Workout.
Crawling Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Crawling Workout.
Complete “Real World” Ab Training Progression
Over the years I have used this 3-step band training progression to successfully teach physical therapy patients, fitness clients and athletes how to develop abs that work for them.
Core Towel Workout
A towel is one of the best band accessories when it comes to training upper body strength and core stabilization. In this video Dave walks you through the Core Towel Workout.
Knee Pain Elimination Program
Here are 5 band training elements you must have in your weekly exercise program to help get rid of knee pain as well as keep your knees feeling and moving well.
Better Butt Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Better Butt Workout.
When to Change Band Resistance
Similar to training with weights, it is important to know your training goals when choosing your band resistance. Fortunately with RBT, each band provides a 40 lb resistance variability as long as the starting resistance is placed at the optimal level.
How RBT Impacts ALL Types of Strength
Let’s address 5 different types of strength and look at how RBT’s ascending resistance impacts all of them differently than free weights.
Alternating Push – Pull Workout
In this video Dave walks you through the Alternating Push – Pull Workout.
How to Start Every Workout if Your Over 40
Following a regular warm-up workout can allow you to work on cleaning up areas of stabilization weakness, muscle inflexibility and joint immobility.