bands for pull downs

[nightowl81]

for those of you using bands for the pullups...which ones and how heavy are you using?

 

[NancyAZ]

I bought the Spri brand and used the purple (heaviest resistance) tubing just today for W1D2. While I did feel the muscles working, I'm going to have to come up with something else for pullups/chinups as I felt I could do the pulls with the tubing all day -- well, at least for a long time.

I know that doesn't answer your question, really, but just wanted to point out that the tubing may not be a good alternative for everyone.

 

[Dela]

I agree with Nancy, I have a heavy tube, but bought Cathe's red one too just to make sure mine was as heavy as it should be, but I too feel like I could just keep going.

Someone suggested doubling up on the bands, I have not tried it yet, but sounds like a good idea.

 

[Pearlstrand]

I bought the Spri brand and used the purple (heaviest resistance) tubing just today for W1D2. While I did feel the muscles working, I'm going to have to come up with something else for pullups/chinups as I felt I could do the pulls with the tubing all day -- well, at least for a long time.

I know that doesn't answer your question, really, but just wanted to point out that the tubing may not be a good alternative for everyone.

Nancy, I felt the same way -- even with heavy tubing, I didn't feel it worked as hard as it should.

I assembled my Valor squat stands (sitting in a box for months) and put a 9-lb body-bar across the top. I use that for pull-ups and find it is enough of a challenge that I can get through 30 seconds but it is work!

I don't have the doorway for a real pull-up bar, and let DH (who is doing STS with me) use the one we have on our gigantic weight machine, so I had to improvise. It works well, and I'll need the squat stand for the heavy leg workouts anyway.

 

[christosz]

Hi all!

Here's what I found while looking for challenging resistance tubing:

http://www.fitmag.co.uk/

I bought the 3 heaviest tubes (orange, black and blue) and the orange one is very challenging. Also, you have the option of combining 2 or 3 tubes to get the resistance you need.
There's a chart giving you every combination possible and the resistance it creates.

http://www.fitmag.co.uk/charts.htm

Chris.

 

[nightowl81]

Thanks Chris...those look like the Bodylastics, which I was consdering. I want to buy the bands pretty much just for the pulldowns so want to buy wisely...glad you found those ones challeneging enough.

 

[regina]

At times I have use the fitmag resistance tubing and I love them. They have many different resistance levels and you can also double up on the tubing for additional resistance. Se the link below for the fitmag resistance level chart


http://www.fitmag.co.uk/charts.htm