Resistance Band Training

I received a question as to how I uses the bands in my strength and conditioning protocols for our athletes.  Band work is great and can be used for several different modalities.

I like bands for gaining more joint mobility and flexibility.  You can use them intermittently in your training programs or during the warm ups.  I have made two band warm up videos in the past:

Band Lowerbody Warm Up

Band Upperbody Warm Up

Bands can also be used to strengthen an injured muscle group.  When I tore my trap and one of my arm muscles I exclusively used bands the first few weeks of training to get my strength and mobility back.  If a muscle or movement bothers you, the band is also a good tool to work around joint pain or a muscle injury, by strengthening around the area it will help support and protect the injured area.

At the Elite Training Workshop I learned a few new band movements from Dave “The Band Man” Schmitz and Mark Bell of Super Training Gym showed me a great band exercise to help my leg abduction strength for my squats.

Check out my latest video below to see them.

Tags: resistance bands

Aj’s Double Kettlebell Complex III

Aj demonstrates another one of his favorite double kettlebell complexes that challenges both the upper and lower body and well as your conditioning. Two kettlebells for double cleans, double press, double swings and sh ups on the handles with a pause. Aj also tells you what the goal is to complete this double kettlebell complex. Hope you are up to the challenge.

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Keg Training Movements for Strength and Conditioning

A quick video of some of the keg training movements we do at the gym for strength and conditioning. Movements like pushups, rows, cleans, presses, squats and farmer walks are all explained here. Check it out

Tags: odd object training, power training