Here are some powerband workout ideas with Dave Schmitz. You can use bands in a combo with kettlebells, barbells, or just by them selves. Easy to take on the road and you can still get a great workout.
Dave Schmitz is a Physical Therapist, CSCS and PES who has implemented resistance bands into his rehabilitative, fitness and performance [...]
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The following is an excellent article by Catherine Imes (America’s first Master of Sports) on how subtle differences in how you move and shift your weight when lifting kettlebells can have quite dramatic effects on lifting efficiency.
Potential Energy
By CatherineImes on 16 February 2010
Potential Energy is a term commonly used in physics. It [...]
The following programs are designed to be used on the power station with minimal additional equipment and minimal adjustment of that equipment.
For these circuit you can go for time or reps. If these exercises are easy for you go for time, if they are hard go for reps. You can use any of the circuits [...]
Bands are not a new thing, but short bands offer a new and alternative way to use resistance bands. The micro resistance bands offer a simple and convenient way to perform warm ups/activation drills, improve form and increase the challenge of traditional exercises.
WARM UPS/ACTIVATION DRILLS
Micro resistance bands can be used for activation drills, which [...]
Here is a 16 week program for general athletic and physical development using the power station. It moves from higher volume and intensity increases as the weeks go on.
Weeks 1-4
Session A (Monday)
1. Deadlift. Start off with 3-5 set X 6-7 reps @ 8 RM with 2-3 mins rest, when you achieve 5 sets of 7 add [...]
This article is designed to give you an insight into the many different way you can use weight vests. Weight vests can be used to increase the challenge of strength, power and body weight exercises.
Weight vests work really well with strength exercises that specifically challenge one body part over another. The overhead squat is a [...]
By Phil Stevens
from www.staleytraining.com
As a power lifter and one who prides himself on a big and ever increasing deadlift I have become a student of the positions one needs to reach to achieve proper and efficient from in the dead lift. I have become as well a firm believe through teaching the correct positions first [...]
Some people are unsure how to use the different slosh balls. There are small, medium and large slosh balls available, and each of them can be loaded according to your own goals – from filling them with air to water or even iron shot*.
SMALL BALL
Out of the whole family, the small ball most closely mirrors [...]
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My first encounter with bands, like most peoples, was in a rehab setting for a shoulder injury. In recent years bands have become much more than just a rehab tool. They can help you achieve almost any performance goal.
Agility is the ability to change direction, for most sports improving agility will greatly increase your sports [...]
I love it how there are so many different paths you can take to reach your goals. Charles has a great mind for breaking down programs and coming up with different ways to reach your goals.
Structural Versus Randomized Training Concepts
By Charles Staley
Recently, through the work of popular fitness movements such as CrossFit and its many [...]
