Resistance bands and
tubing:
Rubber bands and tubes provide opportunities for strength training any
time and any place. Bands are flat and wide. Tubes are round and
were initially used by doctors in surgery. Cheap, lightweight, and
portable bands and tubes are the training tool of choice for frequent
travelers. Latex-free versions are available for people with allergies.While not
strictly in the category of resistance training equipment, the following tools provide means to
enhance your weight training programs.
Balls and foam
rollers:
Add balls and foam rollers into many exercises to provide an unstable
surface on which to work. Incorporating this element of instability increases
the difficulty of the exercise by requiring the use of deeper abdominal
and back muscles
Body
weight:
Your body may not feel like a training tool, but use your own body weight to provide
effective resistance in a number of exercises such as the squat and lunge
Yoga and
Pilates:
Yoga and Pilates aren’t styles of weight training; however, many yoga and Pilates moves
involve challenges that strengthen muscles. The particular
advantage of many of these exercises is that they also involve
flexibility and encourage the development of strength, balance, and coordination
through movement patterns
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