Resistance Bands Science

1. EASY TO TRANSPORT.  The resistance bands are small and they don't take up much space, so they are very practical for take them to the gym or on a travel. 2. IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO EXERCISE AT HOME. It's never been so easy to get off the sofa to practice some exercise, any time is good! 3. LOW RISK OF INJURY. Exercises are very safe and don't present risk of injury if you do correctly. 4. GREAT VARIETY. In the market we can find a great variety of resistance bands in terms of size and strenght, they fit your needs. 5. CHEAP. The resistance bands don't usually have high prices, it will depend on the quality of the material but are very easy to get various. They are usually sold in packs of 3 that allow you to perform all the exercices. 6. ALL MUSCLE GROUPS CAN BE WORKED. There is a great variety of exercises, so much so that you can work all muscles. 7. IT TAKES LITTLE TIME. The exercises are simple and doesn't require more material, so the

The resistance bands, or also known as resistance bands are stretched, resistant and elastic latex pieces that we can find and buy in different sizes and different hardness in any store of sports equipment. Resistance bands began to be used by physiotherapists for rehabilitation, but nowadays, they are gaining popularity in the world of fitness. They are used by both men and women, due to the wide variety of applications, exercises and objectives they offer us. The resistance bands are divided into colors according to their level of resistance, depending on the color, the hardness of the elastic band will be different. From lower to higher intensity we have resistance bands yellow, red, green, blue, black, silver and gold.

Welcome everyone, we are five students of science sport at University of Alicante and we have created this blog to share information related to resistance band training applied to improve performance, health, hypertrophy and more. Resistance bands are very cheap and portable material that can be used to train in the gym or home. In this blog, we will publish articles on current scientific research, videos where we show the technique of the exercise and interviews with sport professionals. We are very excited about this project if you have any questions leave your comments and we will answer as soon as possible.