Friday, February 20, 2009



Training with Strength band
As a complete workout on their own or a supplement to free weights and machines, strength bands are the ultimate tool for customizing workouts and isolating muscles. And the portable bands and tubing make the perfect travel workot. They're easier on the joints. In fact, they're so effective and safe that physical therapists often use them with their patients.

For busy moms, it is so simple to carry around these bands in one's car or purse. A little band exercise can be conducted in the car (perhaps, while one is sitting in a school parking lot waiting for the kids). It is so simple to tie the band into a loop and perform quick arm or leg thrusts. Done on a daily basis for as little as fifteen minutes, one can see serious improvements in strength, flexibility, and range of movement.

Perhaps one of the most fantastic benefits of these band exercise is its simplicity. As it does not require very strenuous activity, the handicapped or obesecan participate and gain the phenomenal benefi of a bit of resistance training. Those suffering from movement-impairing diseases (such as Multiple Sclerosis), can increase circulation and movement through strength band exercise. For people suffering with nerve conditions and other disorders, any kind of movement can be painful, let alone exercise. Band resistance training empowers the user to be in total control of the level of difficulty. There is no need to stand or be uncomfortable when using a Theraband, so one can get in movement without the risk of falling or becoming exhausted.


TheraBands are the only resistive exercise bands endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). These 6" wide latex bands come in different, color-coded resistance levels, distinguished by the thickness of the band:

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