Use of Resistance Bands with FT

[_jais_]

I've used them before to alter the resistance curves on some exercises. From someone who can grow a booty from just looking at the squat rack I found they have helps massively with leg work (I have bands which add 60kg at full torque not the micros which I see John using quite a lot). On squats (loading sets) set at the top of the rack to help deload in the hole or add resistance at the top of the movement during certain blasts. On Leg Press (MR) I add them to increase resistance a the top of the movement. By adding the banded resistance in this way on both exercises I find that my quad loading and activation is massively improved and it has helped in terms of development.

I would recommend being careful though that you don't turn every blast into a 'band-fiesta' and I agree with Scott in playing with certain exercises before you commit to using them in a full blast. For example my current loading thigh exercises are: box squats, front squats and reverse banded squats.

ya for sure, that's what I kind of meant by starting slowly. When I did MD training I loved them so much I pretty much started using them for everything I agree with you I love them on the leg press, hammers the quads like nothing I've ever experienced. I also really dig using them on the HS chest press, and HS rows. I've also experimented using them alone in super-set fashion such as barbell curls supersetted with band curls, triceps ext supersetted with band pushdowns, and shoulder press supersetted with band laterals. Really gets the muscle pumped with blood.