Resistance bands are lightweight, versatile tools that can be used on their own or looped around a rack or stand. They can also be anchored with the feet or shortened with a knot for lower-body work.
What resistance bands do
Bands can help to build strength, improve mobility, support rehabilitation, make weight training more challenging and assist with pull-ups. Flat bands are commonly available in progressive levels: thinner bands stretch more easily, while thicker bands provide greater resistance and counterbalance.
Ten useful benefits
- Improve exercise quality.
- Encourage controlled movement.
- Recruit stabilising muscles.
- Support functional training.
- Provide an alternative to machines.
- Travel easily because they are lightweight.
- Work well with compound exercises.
- Let you change the angle of resistance.
- Encourage better form.
- Help you feel which muscles are working.