MOST OVER-RATED EXERCISES That DO NOT WORK | With Jimmy Kolb 

Hugely respect Dave having someone on who is against something Dave advocates heavily for (speed work, bands) and not only listening to him but putting out his perspective as a seperate vid. I feel like most people wouldn't do that.

You can tell for Jimmy his schedule and his lifting notebook are very important, and I think that's a big part of why he trains the way he does. Especially if you don't have your own gym and can't just set your chains how you want or always use exactly the same bands, consistency gets very difficult. How long was the chain leader? What link was clipped to the leader? These things make a big difference in where the weight actually lifts off the ground. An even bigger difference if you're trying to be the all time world record holder I really don't want to write "315 bench with 18 link lead chain, 65 lb chain clipped in the middle" in my book, which is why I work out in my garage.

Honestly just do what works for you but don’t be afraid to try what’s worked in the past or what others have done. It might work it might not. That’s what makes the fitness journey enjoyable. Anything can work. You don’t have to hate anything just see the value in it & get a deep understanding of whatever it is. Not everything will work for everyone but don’t disregard it for someone else b/c you don’t like it. Always keep an open mind about everything as a trainer, athlete, or just the average person going to the gym to better themselves.

This man is always talking about straight weight, but when do we use gay weight?

Jimmy Kolb is an unlimited equipped lifter that won’t benefit from accommodating resistance as much as raw or lighter gear lifters. He doesn’t need to train velocity or speed due to the type of help he gets from the gear.

Doesn’t like bands….. lifts in a giant band shirt….😂😂😂

Nothing in fitness is cookie cutter, what works for some may not work for others, which is why it’s so great

I've measured band strength by mounting them on the rack just above my lockout height, and hanging weight on the bands until the weight pulls the band downward a distance equal to how much the bar pushes the band upward. Whatever weight moves the band this distance is the amount of "weight" the band is adding at lockout.

I mean a lot of people use bands to get over sticking points or weaknesses, even plateaus, or even as a good way to reprogram power and speed but so can taking some weight off the bar and practicing that movement in a more explosive manner, with as much tension as possible.

Respect to Jimmy on his thoughts on bands...I agree about the straight weight training I think people might use bands too much but that dose not mean there's not a place for it Fred Hartfield CAT compensatory acceleration they did a study on division 1 football players the group that did CAT almost doubled there power on bench press

For reverse bands you can hang weight and see what the band is lifting at any one point usually want to check the low/weak point

I believe high affordance athletes forget that they are high affordance athletes. Ronnie Coleman was always going to be huge, Usain Bolt was always going to be fast, Randy Moss was always going to be in the NFL. Due to the heighten nature of their performance, an efficiency has to occur that can almost be viewed as reductionist.

Is this dude benching 3.5x what I am? Yep. So why would I argue? His way works. I lift with bands and chains twice a week because if I don’t I feel so beat up from straight weight I can’t rough house with my 4 year old boy. Neither answer is wrong imho…

He's right if your competing with straight weights you have to train to that,but it's also good to mix it up or it will get really boring

I had the same experience with the deload time, nice to hear a different opnion on it.

What’s wrong with dips though? Aren’t they good for hypertrophy at least??

As an outsider I have just one question. Was his equipment a new technology or the same kind of shirts they’ve been using for a while?

Bands took my bench from 440 to 545 in roughly 3 months. I will always value bands, but similar to this gentleman, leading up to a meet I use purely straight weight.

Doesn't a Slingshot accommodate the resistance curve?

I understand what he's saying but I think bands are very useful. I still need to buy some elitefts mini bands. Also there been plenty of people like Matt winning who's got good use out of bands. Depends on the person I guess. Bands for shoulder mobility or warming up are great too.

What about reverse chains.

Band work has helped me with speed towards my 1R Maxes..to each its own tho.

He’s right about incline and dips doing nothing for my flat bench. However different grip widths and dumbbells are what really works for me.

You don’t have to like bands and chains and speed work but you can’t overlook the force velocity curve. If sport specificity were that simple, baseball players would be swinging weighted bats as their strength training.

Title has me intrigued.

Bands suck because you blast through the band resistance with the inertia of the weight and then all of a sudden you have a ton of extra tension on the locked out joints. Its beats you up for nothing.

Chains an bands have there place i use them every other week with as much weight as possible on the bar i shoot for an all out effort set of 6-8 reps . I dont use chains at certain points i use them from top of the bar to the floor . Works like magic when i go back to bar an weights alone . Speed out the hole is insane . To this day i have never found anything to get me faster out the hole . . I dont believe in training with light weights an then bands or chains added i believe the you have to make those sets hard just dont fuck your self up . But thats me . People find diffrent shit that works for them all the time .anything done properly can work for people as long as your not stupid an over do it . Hell i even put chains on the standing military press to . And the muscles got extremely sore the standing press chain couldve been stupid though . But damn if shooting for a top set of 6-8 with chains from top of bar to the floor wasnt magic . Just rotated every other week with them . Now my dumb ass is following somone elses templetes to see if theres progression . If i dont get a big pay off in 18 weeks ima go back to doing it my way

A 20$ fish scale off amazon lets you easily figure out the band tension at top and bottom (it may not be 100% perfect...but what is?)

The blob

Tried not running conjugate and tore my pecker off!

I agree bands suck I never got anything out of them but beat up joints and pain.

Title should be 'Most over-rated exercises that do not work for me personally' - RU-vid is full of best/worst exercises, even AthleanX does it - What doesn't work for one person works fine for another - I can't do DB or Military shoulder presses because of a rotator cuff issue but I can do Arnold presses, same goes for incline bench, wrecks my shoulder so I have to do a seated incline machine press instead - All exercises are good unless done with bad form that could lead to injury - infinitely better than sitting in a chair getting fat and growing cheese on your c0ck

but isn't a bench shirt basically a shirt made of bands?

Interesting POV.

Am I gonna take the advice of a 1 of 1 athlete who only trains himself or the guy trains thousands and isn’t a genetic anomaly? I think the answer is quite clear. A word of warning to all lifters - if a guy is seemingly a freak, don’t take his advice. They’re the exception, not the rule.

I like inclines dips and overhead work but then again I’m not elite

Dave was triggered 😂

Bands in my Benches always hurt my elbows,

Burpees- and you can easily get hurt doing them!

Yes. Bench, Dead and squats

Have to disagree on chains. Building that lockout is important. That’s like saying bench blocks are useless

I don’t think he went about using speed work properly if it beat him up that bad lol you don’t have to use like 60% if it’s to much use 40 and strict form I just can’t see how acomadating resistance couldn’t work it makes sense on all playing fields

Can't argue with him he moves massive weights. I just personally love using bands. But I'm not benching 1300 either

Dood… weighted dips are 🔥

Don’t sleep on dips

Scott Mendy said the exact same thing as kolb

Doesn’t like bands because the speed up the weight , but benches in bench suit 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Most over rated movements? All equipped lifting is over rated.

Want to know the force on a band? Use a fish scale. Solved

Perfect example of how the most genetically blessed athletes don’t always know the most about training. What this guy does would work for almost no one.

Yoga is where it is at, folks.

No dips?