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dead lifts with bands

dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/24, 09:15 AM Ok, I decided to try doing my straight leg dead lifts with bands and can I just tell you that my entire body is rather pissed at me for it? Obviously, they work but I am trying to figure out why I didn't get the same effect from the way I was doing them the regular way. Perhaps the tension of the band is greater, or should I say more effective for me than the weight I was using on the bar before or is it because using the bands works the muscles differently??????
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/03/24, 01:42 PM Different angle/stress, new pain :big_smile: Good Job! -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/24, 01:49 PM Me and my hammies (in particular) will thank you for that when I can once again move them asimmer...:big_smile: So, being that it is effective, I assume that I can rotate between the bands and the regular way?
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/03/24, 01:59 PM YeaH, AND TRY THEM WITH DUMB BELLS AND BARBEL, MIX IT UP, MEDICINE BALL, ONE LEG, ETC. oopS, i AM NOT YELLING...my nails are a little long and I always hit the caps lock by accident:( The band may have been more effective because you didn't have to spend as much energy on balancing the bar/dumb bells, just resist the band, so your hammies could 'focus' n the movement better. Does that make sense? It is so satisfying when you can get those hammies isolated and sore:big_smile: -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/24, 02:04 PM YES!! I do believe that you are right on with the balance thing...balance IS a huge issue for me in general.:laugh: Call me the village idiot, but I didn't know you could do dead lifts with the ball, or are you talking about something else?:surprised:
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/03/24, 02:06 PM he weighted medicine ball, not the big ball. You can hold it infront of you and do one-legged deadlifts, where your opposite leg goes up behind you for counter balance. Though, if you are balance challenged, you may want to wait until you have the two-leeged version stable:) -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/24, 02:10 PM Ahhhh, I see now...heehee...I was over here trying to envision any possible way to use that ball in a dead lift. I'm glad you told me...how stupid would I have looked trying to figure this out at the gym?:big_smile::big_smile: Thanks asimmer!!
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/03/24, 02:14 PM The mental picture is a good one, though:surprised: I do know some people that can stand and do squats on top of the big ball, maybe you could do deadlifts standing on it....:angry: -------------- "To be able to go to the gym and train hard is a joy and a privelege, even though the hard work necessitates driving yourself through considerable discomfort. Savor this privelege and blessing, and revel in it." Stuart McRobert, Beyond Brawn
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/03/24, 03:09 PM Any attempt on my part to do that would truly bring new meaning to the term "dead lift"...mainly because I would be "dead" when they "lifted" me off the floor.:cool: