Mini Power Bands - rubber expanders

Improve your training program with resistance rubber

Power bands became a very popular fitness equipment a few years ago. Westside Barbell Club made resistance rubber famous. This Club is number one in powerlifting, they have a lot of strength records and won a lot of competitions. According to the Westside Barbell Club weightlifters and other athletes start to use this equipment. If you need a new impulse for your muscles and performance, try to use Power bands. They will help you because they work perfectly.

Resistance rubbers have become very popular equipment in functional training. Variable resistance will improve your strength abilities and body composition. However, it can also serve like a sparring partner in your training (pull - ups).

Move your limits

To explain how power bands work I need to explain first how it works in gyms without them. Normally we use constance resistance. It means that 100 kg is all the time 100 kg. The training resistance does not change during exercise.

People are differently strong in every part of motion. For example, we lift up more weight in upper position of the benchpress than in lower position. This rule can be applied to other exercise like squats, deadlifts, military press, biceps curl and so on. Effective training results in: gaining muscles, burn fat and strengthening. You have to find a way how to properly stress muscles and tissues.

Unfortunately, if we are using only linear resistance we are losing a lot of important stress which is important for the muscles. The muscles do not work on 100 % during linear resistance. In upper position, muscles are „lazier“ than in lower position. If we wanna strengthen our muscles we need to aim to lower position. We can solve this problem by dynamic loading method.

Wide range of resistance

You can choose between six variants of resistance. Every variant of Power band has it's own color. The color design and width of rubber indicates a resistance size or help.

Elastic rubber

The material from which this band is made is elastic and contributes to its extreme flexibility and long-lasting durability. The risk of this band breaking in practice is minimal. When choosing the width of the band, consider the nature and type of exercise.

Universal function

Different variants of resistance find a place in a strength and functional training as well as in rehabilitation. Power Bands can be used during warm up, the main training or in final stretching.

Dynamic load method

Fortunately there is a simple way how to make a dynamic resistance from a static resistance. Just use chains and your barbell will have a different weight in lower and upper position. For example. If we lift 70 kg barbell, we lift in lower position about 50 kg. It is very important because human body is much stronger in upper position so this method copy our natural power. The resistance changes according to the length of chain. Bigger part of the chain in the air means heavier weight.

Your muscles will have to work on 100% in full motion. Not only at the lower position of exercise. They will no longer be lazy at the top of the bench press but will be stressed at the full scale during bench press. This great stress will force your muscles to grow and grow as never before.