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I'm starting to buy into the X3 Bar System (weights are a waste of time)

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  • ___Soundwave___
    ___Soundwave___ Posts: 1,190 Member
    Using band resistance added to barbells and reverse bands on barbells is a good idea, imo. I don't think I'd like using only bands, though.

    They can be pretty unstable, hard on your joints, and if you fail a band resisted bench it literally snaps down on you. I like reverse bands better, personally.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    One's muscles grow/get stronger by progressive overload. That being said, the muscles don't know if the resistance use to get the progressive overload is a barbell, dumbbell, resistance band, bodyweight or a cow.
    Yes but the overload is two fold. You have CONCENTRIC CONTRACTION (where the muscle shortens) and ECCENTRIC CONTRACTION (where the muscle lengthens). It's the ECCENTRIC contraction that creates the microtears in muscle (due to the stretching out of muscle and fascia) that cause muscle hypertrophy much more than CONCENTRIC contractions do. You DON'T get eccentric contractions from bands because the tension reduces when the band shortens.
    Bands were created for REHABILITATION. As OP stated they are less resistant on the joints which is what you need when you rehabbing an injury or from surgery. The fitness industry just MADE UP workouts and equipment with this idea to make more money. They did the same with balance balls, Bosu balls, etc.
    If one is really thinking about it, you can do all the balance, core, functional exercises you want to a T, but how much of it do you really apply to your life? Unless you're an elite athlete, in the majority of cases people don't even apply it to their daily life. For instance, how often is one balancing on one foot on an unstable surface? I get if you're a surfer, skateboarder or skier of some sort, but how applicable is that to the average American who works a 9-5 job?

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/eccentric-muscle-contraction

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    Just being a skier of some sort makes you an elite athlete now? Skateboarder too? That means my brother was an elite athlete and a cigarette smoker at 15.
    That wasn't what I was implying. I was stating that the average person DOESN'T NEED to train on unstable surfaces. For trainers to utilize a members session for that (unless specifically asked for) is really not that constructive to most fitness goals.


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    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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    Gotcha. You can see how I would be confused. 🙂

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