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Workout with elastic exercise bands – an easy way to stay in shape
To keep you fit, agile and flexible, workout with ‘elastic exercise bands’ is a nice idea. It stimulates, strengthens muscles, increases flexibility of body and increases endurance.
Daily workout with elastic exercise bands reduces body fat and increases muscles thereby helps to achieve a great body shape. It is an exercise and a fun at the same time. Just compare it to some boring treadmills and exercise bikes; this workout changes your body-toning move every 30 seconds. Affordability and portability is yet another feature of 'elastic exercise bands'. Just around $15 to $20, they offer great fitness option. You can do this exercise in home or outdoors. Protects joints and prevent injuries: Elastic exercise bands provides very effective resistance training workout without any joint pain or injuries like muscle tearing etc. that is why many Pro athletes have included - workout with exercise bands in their fitness routine to cross train themselves. Unlike free weights, elastic exercise resistance bands does not create momentum, which on some occasions, may cause injuries – for example, the weight keep moving, but ligaments and tendons do not. Stimulate muscles: An 'elastic exercise band' keeps constant tension on the muscles through every part of motion and stimulates muscles in a manner that is impossible to do with the use of free weights. Choosing right bands: 'Elastic exercise bands' are available in several resistance levels – heavy, medium, light and super heavy resistance. To attain a good intensity workout, opt for a combination of at least three bands i.e. thicker bands for strong resistance and bands that offer medium and less resistance. If you are an experienced lifter, then a thicker band is the one for you. The thicker the band the more resistance it has. If you are beginner or intermediate lifter, then a band that provides you with less resistance is suitable.
Design your own workout routine: You can exercise by targeting a specific muscle groups every day in the form of repetition and sets i.e. say 10 repetitions = 1 set. You can design your fitness routine in a way like on day 1; you can exercise for your arms, biceps, triceps etc. On day, two you can exercise for your chest & shoulders. On day 3, you can exercise for your legs, thighs, calf muscles etc. Alternatively, you can opt for a full body workout every day. |
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