toning with resistance bands? help!

Barmaidsah

Good morning everyone, I need some help finding some good BEGINNER exercises or routines for resistance bands. Everything I have found incorporates a lot of cardio (which I can't really do because of my COPD), or its really vague and I am afraid I will injure myself. I don't have a lot of money to buy videos and/or books. Anybody have any ideas to help me?

Just a note, that I am slowly and surely losing weight watching my calories, and I currently walk for exercise. I really need to start upping my game with some strength training. I have a resistance band set. Any help would be much appreciated.

Barmaidsah

Anyone out there that can help me??

skinnyforhi

Search this topic on you-tube--you're bound to get some helpful pointers and demonstrations on how to perform the exercise. Good luck!

TeaBea

I love resistance bands ....

When looking for bands to buy - watch out for the 3-packs (at WalMart, Target, etc) .... some of them can be really short .... like 5' long. Look for at least 5'6" bands.

A couple of DVDs (check your library) .... or buy them new on Amazon & the DVDs should come with a (long) band

This DVD is sold on Amazon...but here's a video clip from Collage:

No cardio despite it's name .... and it's for beginners

http://www.collagevideo.com/workout-video/leslie-sansones-walk-slim-fast-firming-7844

Another DVD to look for:

http://www.collagevideo.com/workout-video/pilates-body-band-workout-9257

I like how this one has a modifier for each and every exercise .... may be a little tough to find, but I still like it after many years.

List of 68 DVDs on collagevideo that use a resistance band: http://www.collagevideo.com/exercise-videos/resistance-band-exercise-videos-36

Barmaidsah

Thank you, I will check them out!

my5alive

go to http://www.mybandworkout.com/!
Hope it helps!

jillsjourney

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dadtxn

I just joined the community and saw your post. If you're still looking for some good resistance band videos that don't incorporate cardio, I would recommend these:

http://www.bluepointgroup.com/nutrition/exercise-videos/

contingencyplan

Look up the youtube channel Bodylastics. They guide you through whole resistance band based workouts. Another good option (and my personal favorite) is to put together your own workouts from exercises demonstrated in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKdszlYbcLs