Can I do leg press using these bands?
293744
I would agree with the other answer. These are great and I have used them for leg press and squating. Squat by holding the handles at shoulders and step on band. Leg press. Lay on back, hold handles shoulder height and push band woth feet.
293745
You can. I recommend having shoes on with an indent on the sole to place the band.
293746
Here is the review that I wrote after buying this product... After I do a set, of different exercises, I use these bands as a superset to really fatigue the muscle group that I'm working that day. I have used a lot of different bands, but none has ever worked as well as these. I'm buying another set, so I can alternate sides during a set. GREAT PRODUCT!!! AND great service from AMAZON.COM Now, to answer your question... I haven't used them for leg presses, but they are definitely strong enough; you may have to wrap them around, to make them shorter. You can either sit down and wrap them under your feet and press, or lie on your back, and press up. Just make sure that when you bring your knees toward your chest, the bands are short enough to still have some resistance. I think they will work fine for leg presses; hope this helps.
293747
Weighted squats: step on band & handles at shoulders. Look on youtube.com search "exercise bands workouts" Bodylastics has great workouts.
293748
Not easily. In my opinion, these are only good for arm exercises and sitting set-ups by placing the cord hanger over a door, facing backwards and doing cruches by leaning forward. I don't think you would get much out of trying leg presses.
2046757
I would recommend you get to the point of being able to do one, but it may still work. I could only do 1 or 2 when I got it. The bands that come with it gives a lot of resistance so it probably will work.
178087
There is definitely much resistance pushing them down. I feel my legs are much stronger. Yes. They are great. Use them three times a week.
2259612
I don't see why not. These bands are made of a waterproof material, and should behave just like they do out of the water. I would feel fine using these in water.
872310
There are lighter resistance, more flexible bands in the set which would be good. However, I am not sure that you would need or want the entire set and purchasing some individual bands may be more helpful. Also, the set I got had metal carabiner rings to which you attached and detached a handle depending on desired resistance. That might be problematic. It would likely be better to get a single or even a set that has fixed handles for ease of use/transition between resistances. Stay active!
2282535
Yes, you could use them. They are nice weights and could be used by either male or female.
357544
You can always purchase different bands but I believe you will be satisfied with the bands that come on the chair for a long time. The instructor on the DVD shows different ways of moving your legs and/or arms so that you can increase the resistance. I think that will keep you happy for a long time before you will want to purchase stronger bands. I am 62. I do two of the exercise sessions in a row. I love this chair. I feels really great. Margie
282338
I would honestly not use them for any workout. They are pretty uncomfortable. The fist/hit is not balanced so it comes out weird and you can even hurt your hand. Finally, they totally destroy the skin around my hands in just a few minutes. I prefer to use mexican hand/wrist bands. They really protect you and the fist/hitting is more natural and you get a better feel for it. Plus they are only like 3 bucks. Once you get the hang out of it, you can put them on in a minute.
788483
Yes they will. I liked the resistance level on these. It was just enough to feel it the next day but not too heavy during exercise. The only downfall on these for me was that they are not ideal for small hands. They tend to slide a lot since the weight is located on top of your hand. I used these once during my combat class and had to take them off after 30 mins since I was constantly busy holding on to them trying to keep them from sliding to the side. My knuckles were pretty red from the friction.
978597
It's possible to use as an occlusion band, but I would imagine it would not be as effective as the actual band, as these knee wraps are flexible, which are meant to be mobile for the knee joints, to act as a temporary knee brace. Also, it would probably be a good occlusion band for lower extremity workouts, but not for arm workouts. I say this because the bands are really long, so I would imagine that if you were to use the knee wraps as an occlusion band on your arms, there would be a lot bulk. But you can always try it out and see. If not, at least you'll have knee wraps for heavy lifts with any lower body exercises.
388166
If you can do one this will def help you achieve mor reps. I am a 255lbs man who couldn't do a single one and I can do 7 assisted and 2 unassisted. This is within 2 months working daily. So I'd say the band should be fine might even be to much. But you can remove bands easliy
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there are bands that you attach to the bottom stretch bands to do your workout, if that's what you mean.
2278947
The upper body exercises can be performed with the leg press attached. You can do seated rows, bench presses or use the pull down bar as normal.
522974
They fit Olympic bars and they are rock solid. I don't see why you couldn't. I absolutely love them. Especially doing strip sets and the like. One caveat, I don't lift more than 325lbs on any exercise.
814869
Sure you can. You just won't be able to really do more than about your own weight. If you incline the machine to the last hole, and you added resistence straps at the bottom of the machine all four of them for added 60 pounds, you'll get pretty close to your own weight. Do 30 of them. I have the machine up at the 4th hole up and do 30 leg presses. At my age, I'm not interested in doing a lot of leg pressing. I'ts all about LOW IMPACT for me, with a bit of toning.
332495
The theraband weights that I have do not. However, I belive you can purcase a set that is a higher (or lower) weight.MIke M.
1432591
This set should work well (depends on your pull up ability). Combining bands will give you even more options.