Just completed a post for Workoutmuse.com and my great friend BJ Gaddour.
How easy is it to train the cardiovascular system with bands?? Very easy.
Make sure you check out the post and video. Its a workout I do at least once a week and trust me .. it beats the heck out of running for 20 minutes continously on a treadmill or down a road.
Training Beyond the Contraction!!
Dave Schmitz
Episode #30 - Resistance band training vs. weight training..
If your looking for an awesome resource to get you going on developing reactive resistance band strength take a look at Resistance bands Unleashed or if you want bands included the best bang for your buck is the Advance Total Fitness Package. I promise you will not find a better strength training resouces for learning and training with bands.
See what John had to say below… The guy lives fitness.
“Dave, I met you at Ryans Bootcamp last sept at which time I purchased a set of your bands. I have to say that my overall strength has increased tremendously. I’m 55 years young and have a Master’s degree in Exercise Physiology, and have been in the training/rehab business since the late 80’s. The bands and your knowledge of how to use them is the best thing to come down the pike since I read Bob Gajda’s book in early 1990. I’m also a cheddarhead-I went to undergrad at UW-Madison, grew up there too. I’ve had a geriatric rehab business in Phoenix since 96, and the bands have given me a whole new take on things. Thanks Dave. John Blilie
Resistance Bands Unleashed ….. You might just be missing something.
Training Beyond the Contraction
Dave
I had the pleasure this summer to work with over 180 athltetes of all ages and genders. Of course we trained a ton with RBT and as the athletes return back to their respected teams this fall they are absolutely crushing their team workouts not to mention their speed tests.
One of the reasons why I think they do so well is because of the amount of time we put into working on deceleration speed at the “point of transformation”.
The point of transformation is the time it takes an athlete to go from a decelerated state into an accelerated motion.
Obviously the shorter this time is, the faster they get out of their breaks or the less ground contract incurred during a linear speed drill.
The point of transformation I feel comes down to 3 things…
1. How well integrated are your decelerators. Is the trunk providing the glutes a stable point for them to apply force to decelerate and than accelerate.
2 Are the trunk stabilizers being recruited fast enough to prevent the upper torso from getting to far outside the center of gravity and thus over loading the lower torso.
3. Is the trunk stabilization strong enough to allow the arms and legs to aggressive swing around to create counter balance to decelerate and than reverse that motion to create a driving force for acceleration.
What I see is athletes do not like to crank the arms and often position the feet incorrectly because they do not have good trunk integration with the upper and lower extremites.
As you watch the follow video I think you will see how that is true.
Enjoy this weeks RBT Live… College Athletes Training with the Band Man
If you are wondering what is the best bands for speed development..
your Best Band package for speed training is right Here.
Training beyond the Contraction
Dave Schmitz
I know many of you watch my videos and than try to reproduce the workouts using bungee cords or tubular training devices.
Why do I know this??
Because I use to have a closet full of this stuff until I came across flat continuous looped layered resistance bands.
Here are 3 reasons why you should not attemp RBT drills with these devices.
1. Tubular elastic devices are molded and will not withstand the aggressive pressure I put on bands with my workout routines. Tubular devices can be used for light upper torso or rehabilitative exercise but when it time to get after it be careful.
2. Tubes and bungee cords are round and will not adhere to the body. As a result they roll and slip making drills like running and double crossover set ups difficult to do. Hooking them on your feet is next to impossible. Also they will not stay in place to create good propriceptive feedback with core or hip stabilization training.
3. Nylon covered tubes and bungee cords have a stopping point and do not allow for overstretching to accidiently occur. This an injury waiting to happen, my friend. If you try to do aggressive running drills with these, you are back injury waiting to happen and if it is a client… Well you don’t want to go there. Even if you try to adjust your running it will not work. First you or your client will not work as hard because you are worried about getting jacked up and secondly as you keep going you will naturally keeping working out further and further without knowing it until all the sudden you stop. It is not pretty.
Lets Just Stop the madness!!
Let’s agree on one thing…. Resistance bands are in a class by themselves and if you stay connected with me, it will be flat layered continuous resistance bands only. I have emptied my closets of everything else.
By the way, partner training is virtually impossible to do in bungee cords or tubes.
Why do I bring this up??
I have been doing Partner Band Training since I first started training large groups 8 years ago. It is simply the best way to crush it with bands. Over the next 2 weeks I will be launching a brand new Partner Band Training product that will solidify why RBT is in a class by itself.
Stay connected and make sure you shoot me some of your band stories.
Always enjoy seeing how others are doing with RBT.
Training Beyond the Contraction!!
Dave Schmitz
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