What is better a weight machine, a Bowflex, body weight or free weights? Could one convert all muscle exercises to resistance band type exercises? What would be the benefits or drawbacks?
How does one stay motivated and focused when working with these fun things, and count reps accurately? I regularly do hundreds of push ups, weights, pulls ups or other strict regimens daily. I recently put two resistance bands on my home chin up bar. Hopefully I will be motivated enough to use them seriously as they are so fun to explore and play with, it's easy to forget they are serious conditioning tools.
The best thread this year was a study about how biking sissifies the bones. Of course, we're pounding on the court all day and that builds strength. Goes back to the science of how different exercises build different bodies. Let's get specific about the science of muscle building. Is BOwflex really "designed to work"? Does this type of elastic dual resistance have benefits? Does it stabilize and therefore reduce the workout like other machines?
What about resistance bands? They seem to provide awesome resistance throughout the motion but not the same complete feeling of resistance at the end....
How does one stay motivated and focused when working with these fun things, and count reps accurately? I regularly do hundreds of push ups, weights, pulls ups or other strict regimens daily. I recently put two resistance bands on my home chin up bar. Hopefully I will be motivated enough to use them seriously as they are so fun to explore and play with, it's easy to forget they are serious conditioning tools.
The best thread this year was a study about how biking sissifies the bones. Of course, we're pounding on the court all day and that builds strength. Goes back to the science of how different exercises build different bodies. Let's get specific about the science of muscle building. Is BOwflex really "designed to work"? Does this type of elastic dual resistance have benefits? Does it stabilize and therefore reduce the workout like other machines?
What about resistance bands? They seem to provide awesome resistance throughout the motion but not the same complete feeling of resistance at the end....