Resistance Bands Cant Build Big Muscles 

The body doesn't know whether you're using dumbells barbells or water bags and pillow cases full of books, it only understands time under tension.

Resistance is resistance.

Resistance bands can be thrown into a bag, taken anywhere. That's what i love about them.

You don't need big muscle. Looking athletic doesn't mean looking like a bodybuilder.

I’ll never understand the hate against resistance bands. As long as you are properly fatiguing the muscle and allowing proper recovery, you will have growth. I’ve noticed a lot of fitness influencers that trash band training have their own program they are trying to sell, so of course they are going to be against anything outside of their program.

I'm 44 and switched over from dumbbells to only using bands, calisthenics and battle ropes. My attitude has changed to as long as I can pick my body up off the damn floor I'm in pretty good shape. Working out with just bands and calisthenics I've noticed I've gotten more flexible, joints feel better, and mentally feel like I have more control over my body.

Resistance is resistance. Lift weights, resistance bands or your grandma. It doesn't matter. You'll get gains.

Sylvester Stalone said he use resistance bands ✅️ 💪🏽

if resistance bands are good enough for Sylvester Stallone they are good enough for me 😅

You can fail or succeed no matter what equipment you use. Its about effort. How hard you train. Personally for me i have had my best gains ever training strictly with bands and body weight they also allow for a little extra range of motion

People simply don't understand HOW to use them properly. If you want to build muscle with them, it's the time under tension that counts. All conventional rules about "8 or less reps" or "8 to 10 reps," or "10 to 12" go out the window. It's about going to absolute fatigue -- where the last couple reps barely move the band, and that's going to be maybe 15 reps of maybe 22 or 25. I've been into lifting and training for two decades. I've been an employed personal trainer. I've prepped cops for SWAT and for competitions. I'm about 5 weeks into band training after taking the first chunk of time off from lifting in 15 years. In that time frame I've missed less than 2 weeks. It's been my life. I've come back, but with a full set of bands, PVC bar that I've built and some shorter bands to do wall walks with. I've seen changes in these 4 weeks that are leaving me very pleased. Anyone who doubts bands just needs to watch some of John Jaquish's material on the X5 bar. While I don't have X5, the fundamentals and theories can be applied to any similar bar and band setup. Thank you for the video. I enjoyed it. -Adam

Everybody is in love with the gym, weights and all that. I think is a great starter and if you don't like going to the gym, this is a good alternative

I’ve had to use resistance bands lately and I feel muscles more than with weights also mixed with calisthenics and be sore for days They have come in clutch since I haven’t had time to go gym because of work

will never understand the argument that resistance bands cant build muscle just as well as traditional weights. Obviously you can go farther with weights but your body doesn't care what you get resistance from and for a beginner and even to intermediate they are a great tool

Right Food, right form and how slow you go with the bands will give you muscles.

I was using only dumbbells with no bench for my home workout, but I find it awkward to do chest and back workouts on the floor or bent over. Resistance bands are my solution. 👌

I love weights but man I get a great pump and a nice burn with bands

I do all my leg excersizes with bands because I hate the machines for leg things. They either hurt where I put pressure on the cushions or my knees. Bands are awesome

You can actually build big muscle if you use dumbels + bands, just be smart and get the chalenge that muscles need

Another thing to consider is that the people who tout bands bad, weights good tend to be on juice/PEDS. So of course the naysayers will say to use weights, but they ignore to tell the newbz that PEDS is what really gives you size.

I was doing push up with one resistance band, Now I do push ups with 4 of them(10-12 reps). Suffice to say that those are big and thick. I was once visiting one of my friends and he offered me to check my bench press. I thought it would be 200 lbs max but to my astonishment I was able to do 310 pounds for 4 reps and 330 for one.

I’m needing to know what wonderfully overbuilt setup he’s using here.. the band bar, the metal handles, and the standing board… I currently only have tube bands, and I simply don’t trust them to not break. I’d like to get into a decent loop setup.. and this looks like the perfect build.

I fly for work and have very long hours not every hotel has a gym. I carry resistance bands in my bag with me and trust me they work. The part people dont get is just like how you have to go up in weights you have to increase the resistance. Theres a few ways i know of to do that, but you cant keep using the same light band with no tension just like you cant keep using a 5 pound dumbell for curls.

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I'm a trucker by trade. I go all over the country but can't get the truck and trailer anywhere near a decent gym. Equipment very similar to what is shown in your video is the only reason I don't weigh six hundred pounds.

Am I the only one terrified they will explode on every rep

Guitar hero controller on the wall isn’t as cool as you think. From a girls perspective it’s like having a teenage room 😂

Hi. Wondering where you purchased the handles for the loop bands?? 😊

Just bought mine and can’t wait to try them out!

Whisper this in their ears, Terrell Owens. 😂

The main thing with resistance bands is when you get to the point of building big muscles, the logistics/ergonomics of if it get much more difficult. Thats where the platform/bar/j-loop handles come in.

Resistance band is also reliable during injury

I don’t need them to be big I would like for them to be present though and if resistance bands can do this then I’m going to give it a go

It seems that people in times of modernity complexify everything. Everything is to the decibel, rigorous degree and making a whole framework on it that doesn't exist, hahahha😅. If they battle, they would be like... "Wait. This swords length does not harmonise with the way in which the wrist curves to promote the accurate letherage so I can commence. Its a degree off. "

There is an easy way to debunk this. Show me a professional body builder, power lifter or strong man that has built an impressive body and strength level using only bands...I'll wait.

You build bigger muscles by eating and exercising. You need to eat a lot of protein then exercise. That's pretty much it. All you need is food and a good amount of tension.

While it's pretty clear that weights have some advantages over bands for hypertrophy, to say they don't build muscle is just internet troll nonsense.

True but you don't have to go to failure on every single set. Sometimes you can go to failure on every single set for like 3 weeks in a row. And then go for a week where you only come to failure on one or two sets. And then a week when you don't come to failure on any set you just come close. By the end of the first 3 weeks you may be reaching close to overtraining. Especially if you're doing like 30 sets a workout and working your body twice a week. The fourth week would you just come to failure once or twice per body group and the fifth week when you only come close to failure your body will rapidly recover and you'll likely grow more on your 4th and 5th week than you did in your first 3 weeks. Anyway that's just one way to train just saying you don't necessarily have to come to failure on every single set regardless of whether you are training with bands or free weights.

Resistance band good for beginner calisthenics ✅

My muscle feels the same after a weight work out if not a better work out using the bands so if you eat like a beast while using bands you are going to get big

Started using bands bye bye Planet Fitness...Gets you RIP in no time ❤️

I think it's dope you got your guitar hero guitar hanging up

They look great for travelling

Issues I've had with bands is that it doesn't do much in the way of stretch-mediated hypertrophy and I can't practice bracing under extreme tension the same way one would with weights e.g. the absolute deepest end of a squat. Otherwise, it's been a decent stopgap for isolations and areas I can't quite hit via weighted calisthenics.

Resistance bands are harder to deal with than weights!

I do use resistance band from time to time. One important thing to check is to setup the bands in such a way that you will have some good resistance in the lengthen portion of the movement which studies are showing to be more hypertrophic portion of the ROM. This often means that tension is too much in the peak contraction part of the movement. I would usually do 10-15 full ROM good reps and finish with some lengthen partials by stepping away from the anchor point.

What is the block you’re using?

where did you get that resistance band set?

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I love it when I start shaking on my last rep

i just bought the platform thing you were using

Hey man what is the step(?) that you use to hold down the band

I have hit muscles I never could before using weights or anything else. Bands just do that. You can hit that tiny hard to get spot on upper chest next to deltoids. Right next to collarbone. Bands allows me to hit it. Felt a burn there first time ever.

Resistant bands can’t do everything you have to add other stuff other weightlifting stuff with it because just doing resistance bands can cause plateau overtime you have to add real weight lifting stuff and calisthenics there or weight lifting workouts that allow you to deeply stretch that muscle The stretch allows for more muscle that resistance bands can’t do mixing resistant bands with weightlifting warm-up with calisthenics

Where i'm living at the moment i just don't have the space for free weights but i am still able to get an ok workout using the bands. I would still rather just have my free weights and bench.

yes they can, however the best tool compared to free weights that go against gravity when you're moving them? definitely not. a muscle is the most stretched in the eccentric, which is usually when the band has the most slack since you're shortening the band during that phase. as an alternative though for people with injuries that can't use free weights anymore or even have trouble with some bodyweight exercises due to joint pain, they're perfect.

Yep it's the only way I built big big biceps!

I don't understand why it is a question if working out will build muscle. Use the muscle it will get stronger and bigger. Now if you aren't pushing the limits of the muscle group then you will stay the same.

What's the name of the platform you're using to attach the resistance band? I work out using resistance band.

They can. Free weights are better. Free weights and bands. Nuclear. The problem with bands is alone tthey release too much resistance in the bottom, which is very hypertrophic.

Let’s see if this comment even gets one reply. Since my last one literally got Zero

Bushite Ive gotten huge off pure resistance and body weight infact it's the best way to build bulk and loose weight

Pal...all u need is moreee bands.....on fact is MORE effective than weights😅😅

Been using bands consistently for months now and have been building muscle without bulk. The TRX rip trainer is the best investment I have made..

Just don't tell your muscles that you're using resistance bands and your muscles will think you're using free weights! 😅

Pass failure ??? How do you avoid injury ? Do you consider senior athletes in your suggestions!

For all who say you can't get bigger with resistance bands is telling you a lie🎉. I am 51 using resistance bands 🎉

Is it burning? Then it’s working. Every female I see at the gym with big glutes uses bands

Anyone who says you cannot build big muscles with resistance bands doesn't understand how muscle growth occurs. There are a number of factors involved in muscle growth the most important of which is progressive overload or increasing the tension on the muscle. Just because the strength curve is different and biases p the point of motion where you are starting to gain leverage I believe that's one of the benefits because if you knot the resistance band or double them you can get resistance that is challenging at the low portion of the left where the muscle is stretched that you can still handle Safely lout of the bottom and the resistance will increase as you get to the top, so that momentum never takes over and allows you to Coast so you're actually getting more resistance over the entire range of motion that you would with free weights . Now am I saying they are superior to freeweights? Not at all because freeweights provide a little bit of a different kind of resistance because they can move laterally and they have to be balanced where is a resistance band provides an automatic form of stabilizing because the weight is forced to move more linearly and is unlikely to drift laterally or for forwards and backwards which is where injuries can occur with free weights.. by the same token mm. Having said that in the past when I would put heavy band tension while squatting it's sort of forced me to lift properly keeping the bar moving in a straight line so even though you might be building additional strength with the bands sometimes when you go back to straight weight you feel like the weight is moving a little bit awkwardly because you don't have it pulling you into the ground and eating your form maintaining your tightness. the bottom line is that if you train and achieve the same level of fatigue and muscle breakdown and then provide enough recovery and enough nutrition you will grow with resistance bands the same way he'll grow with free weights. Obviously if you're competing in a sport like strong man or power thing and you are relying on your resistance band training alone to provide Terry over to freeway it's not going to happen he's got to train with specificity using the implement that you are tested on and strengthen it. However that does not mean that resistance bands don't provide plenty of athletic strength without the risk of really f****** up yourself because if a heavyweight was crashing down on you you're in big trouble resistance bands can't really hurt you other than a muscle tear or a muscle strain because you use way too much tension and you have week 10 times p with the current sickness of the heavy resistance bands and the ability to use more than one resistance band you can get as much or more resistance than you could ever get with free weights Isaac garden over 400 lb of top-end band tension on a resistance band push up. And I find it safe to strain with resistance bands because when you strain with free weights if something goes wrong that way can really f*** you up if you're not in a safe situation with catch racks and spiders and even then free weights can move and lots of different directions and hurt you I trained with free weights until I was 45 and achieved a 465 paused bench at a weight of 203 815 lb deadlift and I squatted 635 off a below parallel box for three wraps. And I was only wearing knee sleeves and a belt when I accomplish that the point is that now 851 years old I weigh approximately the same and I actually have more muscular definition play my strength and resistance bands has gone up also I did use resistance bands with free weights when I was powerlifting for accommodating resistance but not nearly to the same extent. Could I bench 465 with a pause right this minute I definitely would say no because I haven't touched freeways in a while but when I could do that I couldn't do push-ups with them on a resistance bands that I'm doing now so it's just based on what you're used to.I don't think of any less strong now I just think my strength curve has changed quite a bit where I have much more top and strength and probably not as much bottom and strength obviously they say the way to stretch position is more important for muscle growth but I do get weighted stretches when I do weighted dips I also do weighted chin-ups Wells Fargo place in barbell bent Rose what I do deadlifts and good mornings with a lot of resistance band tension and when I just casually deadlift every few months I can always pull 500 for at least five reps other words I think it wouldn't take me more than a lot 3 or 4 months to hit my previous best numbers but it's 62 years old although you can maintain your strength your body takes longer to recover and you need insurance for easily I used to do cockroach with 260 lbs and for 12 or 15 reps and arm using kind of loose form I tried to do dumbbell rows in where is warming up with 100 lb dumbbell I totally tweaked my back. That only happened one time and I have since gone way heavier than that but the point is my body now does things in terms of getting hurt where it never would have gotten into doing the same thing as before I just think I have so much wear and tear in my body after 40 years of lifting that I need to be careful which is why I prefer resistance bands for pressing movements and I only use dumbbells that are fairly light for arm training pp Wisconsin Badgers secondly use bands

Prison workouts use a lot of resistance believe it or not you can grow muscle guaranteed!!!

where do i get this platform, where you stand on it and place resistance bands below it

How much recovery time?

Muscles can't tell what your lifting. Just that your their working.

Go past failure? If you can go past failure then it wasn't actually failure.

Bro what is that platform you are using? Does it not hurt lying your back on it?

I been exercise since grade school started lifting weights at 13 years old I’m over 50 and do use the resistance band sometime

So pretty much, don’t be lazy and really workout and do it properly.

Basically just like using dumb and barbells. No change.

Can you update us on how your wife’s boyfriend is doing after baby shafiek was born. Tyrone has an awesome genetics, how come you don’t join him on his channel when hes hitting the plates? Anyways, you two seem like you will make great dads.

where did you get the platform and the handles from? great vid btw 🔥

Where are the handle/hooks from? I found them on Valor Fitness but they have the cross-hatch metal texture instead of the black grips, or did you add that?

this and isometrics ❤❤

The only problem is that you can’t progress very far with those bands. It is very likely tho that you will see some progress

What is the workout equipment your using it looks great !

Hi, does anybody know where to buy those resistance band hooks separately? I have resistance bands but those hooks would be great.

I am a living example that you can. Cheers

It's the "partial rep" part that fascinates me. Since the most resistance is only there at the end of the rep, I wonder about the in between or beginning part of the rep getting equal resistance.

Finally, something worse than planet fitness.

What resistance band tool is that? Where to get

I don’t understand why it’s always said that when you use resistance bands, you have to go to complete failure to build muscle however, all the years that I was using free weights, I never went to failure, but I always built muscle so why the hell would it be any different with resistance bands?

I've done weight for years and I tried resistance tubes.... My god.... The tension is always there regardless of where the hands are in the motion range

My favourite part was where you showed what to actually do. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Don’t go to failure each time, do it once in a while to know the feeling then do -1 rep before that pretty much the same gains without the stress drawbacks of always going pass your limits

Ok great but where are the let's plays? I need to see gaming footage to believe! Lol kidding. Neat concept there in the channel description

What do you mean? I bought huge bands from Amazon. I used those in conjunction with calisthenics and people were asking me about my routine. I got jacked!

Where did you get your gray foot standing box ? I've searched everywhere on amazon without luck.

The most important part of the rep is the stretched position which is the easiest when you are training with bands. They cannot provide the same amount of stimulus doing the most important part of the rep

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But also the Heaviness of a load impact the system with some different pathways not only for size of muscle

Bro best resistance bands company ?