RESISTANCE bands are not impressive-looking exercise tools, but they definitely can pull their weight. During a recent gym training session, my workout routine began with several sets of bicep curls.
But before I could reach for the dumbbell rack, my personal trainer dropped a resistance band at my feet.
Really? This thin, lightweight, flimsy-looking thing is going to help strengthen my arms?
I was skeptical, but after a few sets of speed curls where I did 20 reps as fast as possible, my arms burned and twitched like nothing I usually felt with traditional grip-and-curl dumbbells.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my dumbbells, kettlebells, and barbells. But mixing it up with different equipment and challenging my muscles in a new way added a jolt to my sometimes-mundane exercise ritual.
By the session’s end, I was a resistance band groupie.
What types of resistance bands are available?
There are several
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