I would never use the bands for isotonic training, but with isometrics, they are a pretty great activation exercise. Maybe good for recovery days too?
bands only could possibly be good for recovery, since the weakest joint angles will experience less stress.
I remember once I almost bought athletes acceleration, which uses the bands for isometrics, and I definitely noticed an increase in speed, because the bounce back from the bands tells your CNS that you are faster.
it could all be very perceptual btw.. for example, people who wear 20lb vests, jump, take off vest, jump, feel like they are flying, yet they are actually getting lower because their CNS is temporarily fubar'd.
so ya, going off feel can be distorted, not saying it was in your case, but it's something to think about.
another example would be the people who do ISO EXTREMEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ *ONLY* PROTOCOLS and "feel faster" sprinting, yet, they actually get slower and unathletic.
I think it could have potential to increase ractivity, lower ground contact times without damaging the joints.
??? not sure what you mean?
one of the worst ways though, to prepare the 'joints', is to become very unspecific.. you see this in people who practice on hardwood courts for example, then go out and ball hard one day on concrete, and end up getting raped.. body adapts to surface type, so, not sure why i mentioned that but i felt like mentioning it.. lolz
I've been using the swiss balls for isometrics and I usually feel like I'm on a cloud after.
For example. you could push back against the ball, which is against the wall, with your foot, to target quads/glutes/achilles. You should feel pretty fast after. What that big dude did with the glutes and bands is a good example, except isometrics.
Edit: and man! I love chicks with meaty legs, I actually want to eat them. HAHa jk...
lol wut, sicko.. dno if that's still considered RAW, probably is.
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