Mini Band

Westside Barbell has made these bands famous with bench press training. These are the number one bands for bench press training on both max effort and dynamic effort training days.

To maximize the use with the bench press make sure you keep tension at the bottom of the movement. Doubling the bands up and running them under a dumbbell can accomplish this.

A great way to train the rear delts and upper back is to hold the mini band in front of your body with your arms extended at face level. Then you pull the band apart while driving the elbows back.

They are also excellent for many different upper body and lower body movements. Price is per band.

Price is per one band.

Great for:

• Hang bar lifts (Lightening the load)
• Accommodating resistance (Increasing the load)
• All by themselves (standing abs, leg curls, tricep pushdowns). Great for training on the road.
• Bodyweigth exercises like dips and chin-ups (to increase or decrease resistance)
• Stretching and flexibilty training
• Agility drills

More information from the Web:

• Interview with Dick Hartzell (www.girevikmagazine.com)
• Accommodating Resistance (www.t-mag.com) Dave Tate
• Chains and Bands (www.deepsquatter.com) Louie Simmons
• The effects of accommodating resistance training on the development of motor learning patterns (www.elitefitnesssystems.com) Ben Newby, Martyn Girvan, James Cato, Victoria University
• Serious Training with Rubber Bands (www.dolfzine.com) Chip Conrad