How effective are Resistance Band Workouts

How effective are Resistance Band
Workouts?

Let’s start discussing whether or not resistance bands are effective for the
most popular fitness goals with an emphasis on muscle building.

After all, if x3 variable resistance bands aren’t effective for muscle building,
there isn’t much of a competition with weights, is there?

As we’ve demonstrated, variable resistance is the BEST way to build muscle,
promote growth hormone production, and avoid injury.

However, variable resistance is not possible with traditional weights like
barbells and dumbbells because they provide static resistance.

When you pick up a 20-pound dumbbell to perform a bicep curl, the load
doesn’t change as you move through the lift. And let’s face it, we know you
can lift more than what you’re able to move at the very bottom of your curl.

Unfortunately, with free weights you are limited to the amount of weight your
weakest range of motion can handle.
If you lift more than what your weakest range can handle, you put yourself at
risk for incorrect form, strain, and injury.
This is why variable resistance is so effective. It allows you to go heavy
where you’re at your strongest. And what is one of the core principles of
muscle building?
You MUST go heavy to build muscle.
Now, if weights don’t rely on the principles of variable resistance, what does?

Resistance bands:

Every time you exercise with resistance bands, you tap into the three
principles of variable resistance training we discussed above:

• Variable Resistance: A weighted load that changes, getting lighter

at your weakest point and heavier at your strongest point.

• Constant Tension: There’s no resting at the bottom or top of a lift.

The amount of tension will change from less to more as you move through
the exercise, but there is tension the entire time.

• Diminishing Range: Reducing range of motion but continuing as you

fatigue allows you to hit an optimal level of muscle growth.

• Variable resistance training with resistance bands provides the ideal
stimulus to encourage a hypertrophic effect.
• Can Resistance Bands Build Muscle?
• Absolutely. Numerous studies as well as our own research have repeatedly
shown that resistance bands are extremely effective for building lean muscle
mass.
• But how is that possible? After all, don’t you have to go heavy to get
bigger? And don’t bands weigh less than a pound?
• How resistance bands build muscle can be broken down in a few ways:
stimulus, growth hormone, and fatigue.