Resistance bands vs. free weights

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   Our user asked: "I am a 38 year old male who has worked out on and off since age 15. Is there any PROFESSIONAL information that I could see in reference to the advantages of using resistance bands vs free weights. I am no longer into heavy weightlifting. Thus, I am wondering about the physical benefits of resistance bands."

Ask a PT Response: "There are a multiple number of studies which reference the use of resistance bands vs. free weights ie: http://search.medscape.com/medline-search?newSearch=0&queryText=resistance+band+strengthening+
http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=resistance+band+training&x=99&y=14
http://ajs.sagepub.com/search?fulltext=resistance+band+training&submit=yes&x=22&y=13
http://search.pedro.org.au/pedro/recordlist.php?abstract_with_title=resistance+band+training&Therapy=&authors_association=&Problem=&Title=&Body_part=&Source=&Subdiscipline=&Year_of_publication=&Method=&Date_record_was_created=&NScore=&-lop=and&-max=20&-find=Start+Search&-find=
Basically the benefits for strengthening with resistance bands are: 
1) ease of use and portability
2) fairly inexpensive
3) allows for complete freedom of motion as it can be adjusted for any individual and for any position 
4) works not only the intended muscle(s) but smaller stabilizing muscle(s) as well
5) able to simulate both functional and sport related movements when training
6) allows user to develop strength throughout the range of motion compared to free weights
I hope this helps."

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Ask a PT Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: Jul 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 954	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ask a PT Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Resistance bands vs. free weights Posted: Sep 23 2009 at 12:21pm
	Our user asked: "I am a 38 year old male who has worked out on and off since age 15. Is there any PROFESSIONAL information that I could see in reference to the advantages of using resistance bands vs free weights. I am no longer into heavy weightlifting. Thus, I am wondering about the physical benefits of resistance bands." Ask a PT Response: "There are a multiple number of studies which reference the use of resistance bands vs. free weights ie: http://search.medscape.com/medline-search?newSearch=0&queryText=resistance+band+strengthening+ http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v%3Aproject=medlineplus&query=resistance+band+training&x=99&y=14 http://ajs.sagepub.com/search?fulltext=resistance+band+training&submit=yes&x=22&y=13 http://search.pedro.org.au/pedro/recordlist.php?abstract_with_title=resistance+band+training&Therapy=&authors_association=&Problem=&Title=&Body_part=&Source=&Subdiscipline=&Year_of_publication=&Method=&Date_record_was_created=&NScore=&-lop=and&-max=20&-find=Start+Search&-find= Basically the benefits for strengthening with resistance bands are: 1) ease of use and portability 2) fairly inexpensive 3) allows for complete freedom of motion as it can be adjusted for any individual and for any position 4) works not only the intended muscle(s) but smaller stabilizing muscle(s) as well 5) able to simulate both functional and sport related movements when training 6) allows user to develop strength throughout the range of motion compared to free weights I hope this helps."

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