Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

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resistance tubes??

fortune17
fortune17
Posts: 3
Joined: 2007/07/18
United States
2007/07/18, 06:09 PM
Hello to everyone!! my name is Rob:-)

I'm trying to tone my body because im a little flabby and was wondering if resistance tubes would help me or not. I already have the bulk and widness to my frame i just need to tone things up. Im 6ft1 /280 pounds. Which resistance tube would u recommend if i was just trying to tone and lose a few pounds? i would like to work on chest shoulders and arms.

Thanks in advance~
ssminnow
ssminnow
Posts: 284
Joined: 2004/02/16
United States
2007/07/19, 06:13 AM
http://www.bodylastics.com/ has some good tubes. I have found that with a little creativity, you can do almost anything with them. For example, try taking a clothes bar (the wood bar in your closet) and sticking it through the handles and put the bar over your shoulder. Step on the bands and do squats with them. If you dont have access to a smith machine, this works great. The only problem is scrunching down low enough to get into the contraption. But once you do it works great. There are tons of exercises and variations you can do.

Good luck!
asimmer
asimmer
Posts: 8,201
Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2007/07/19, 09:00 AM
Yep! resistance bands are great and bodylastics has a nice all-inclusive set, comes with a booklet or video and an anchor, 4 tubes and handles.
You can also put in that you have bands when you sign up for a program here and it will generate a workout for you using bands!

Don't cheat yourslef by just working chest, shoulders and arms - your biggest results will come from working big compound movements with your legs, squats, lunges and deadlifts. They are good calorie burners and growth stimulators, which translates into fat loss and definition!

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