Thanks for letting us know. I was worried you had had a stroke!

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I am sorry you went through that, Bob. Your and Brad’s videos have helped me so much, I am glad that you carried on and made this video anyway.

Bob. You’re the best and for the record I never thought you were hitting the bottle. Thx for the great content.

Don't say I'll try to do better Bob, u just do your stuff 😊

Me too

Same here.

Have you noticed decent muscle growth with bands?

How are you doing.

Thank you for this comment. I have been having shoulder pain from either lifting weights or lifting my child; decided to search “bands vs free weights”. This was the first video and yours was the first comment. I looked ip a labrum tear and it looks like what I have. Thanks for posting/raising awareness!

We are so happy to help

I don't understand. Aren't you choosing a weight by choosing specific dumbbells

Agreed! They take up next to no room or weight in my suitcase. Can get a workout in my hotel room.

We have awesome fans that help us out with ideas 😃

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You could also say, if they put your bands down.... you're the one asking me what I do. 😉 Lol

Thanks!

Does it grow muscles 💪??

@@dingdong6005 My experience is that bands are not as good as weights if your goals are hypertrophic.

Glad to hear

You are very welcome!

We are happy to put a smile on your face !

Love using bands I started working out with them this year ❤

@@angelaholmes8888 they've made a difference to my physique just need to get a balanced diet in place to help show it off more but that's more down to will power I guess.

Thanks I working on it!

@@BobandBrad I can tell! You're doing great! 👍

Add more bands

That nothing. I’m 86.

You’re welcome

Great!

No kidding. I’ve been lifting for years and am equivalently immobile, LOL! I’m def going to I try the bands.

Glad you you like them

Bands are good for dynamic stretching, nothing else, no core strength, bone density.

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If you have knee problems, I'd recommend the Knees over Toes Guy. Bob and Brad are even following some of his advice as are many therapists, trainers, doctors, etc. Amazing help to strengthen the knees and all the stabilizing structures.

@@kecward78 Thanks for your suggestion. The vid I looked at had some workable ideas, hoping for slow, steady results. 😎👍

We do have videos on the wall anchors

You mean hopefully you recommend everyone to train with a barbell instead of bands?

@@_Sam62 no bands are amazing. If you read the book you'll see what I mean. Or don't that's ok too

Excellent question

Both weights and resistance bands add stress to the bone. This added stress (see Wolff's Law) can generate bone development through osteoblasts, which are specialized bone cells that are responsible for building bone (think "b" for build as osteoclasts do the exact opposite). During weight-bearing or resistance training exercises, an influx of calcium and magnesium, along with trace minerals are released into the blood. An intake of vitamin D allows the body to absorb more calcium; and subsequently, increases blood calcium levels. This chain of events triggers the secretion of calcitonin, which helps take the calcium out of the blood, and tells the osteoblasts to construct more bone over older layers of bone (gastrin, which is produced during the digestion of food, also triggers the release of calcitonin), and ultimately results in stronger bones. However, both resistance band training and weight bearing exercises are good for preventing osteoporosis, with resistance bands being generally safer. Both are effective. I would like to hear more from Bob and Brad =). They're awesome!

@@iheartradio7860 Thank you!

@@callmeishmael3031 I tried to answer to the best of my knowledge!

No problem

Just keep checking back. We try to restock quickly

And f#cking dangerous!

I found a number of bands in Amazon (can't stand the co., but they have good variety) under *fitness bands non latex*.

Ever heard of Amazon?

The resistance bands? Here’s the link:US: amzn.to/36uqnbr

Search for James Garge resistance band on KZfaq, you will find yourself proven wrong

That's a fallacy and it just means you are using the bands incorrectly.

Well Bob and Brad did say if you want muscle size like the Hulk, then weights are better.

@@voidremoved Not necessarily. It depends on the bands you use, how many you use, where you are gripping the band, whether or not you use bands in conjunction with weights/machines, etc. Since muscle cannot distinguish the "tension" between the resistance of gravity vs band, anything you can do at the gym can be replicated with a band. That's not to say that I am downplaying weights as I use weights in conjunction with bands. Try curling 100 lb dumbbell vs curling 100 lb of resistance via band. You're limited to what you can do with regards to range of motion with the weight whereas using a band, you can hit multiple angles. With free weights, you're also losing that extra bit of resistance toward the top of the rep due to changes in momentum. This not only causes a lot of people to "cheat", but limits what could have been extra gains. A person that looks like the Hulk because he uses weights may have incredible strength, but when being applied to real world applications, that person may not know how to use that strength properly. You take an NFL linebacker; those free weights (and moving those weights in a vertical plane) aren't going to necessarily translate into explosive forward momentum on the field. You may look like the Hulk, but it won't do you any good if you can't apply that strength in real world applications, unless you just want to look big. It's all about what you are after. Lifting 500 lb weights is no different than using resistance bands equating to 500 lbs of resistance.

@@iheartradio7860 I'm sorry. It's not a fallacy. Scientific experiments have shown that the most growth and strength improvement occurs when muscles are contracted from a lengthened, stretched position while under load. I just spent a bundle on two sets of Torrobands, a bar, and a speed rope. I'm not using the bands wrong. You have to be an idiot not to know how to use bands. The max load on bands comes when they're stretched, which means your muscles have to be contracted. Although Westside uses accommodating resistance, it's been shown to be not as effective as putting the load at the eccentric phase of a lift. That's why, when you lift, the eccentric phase should last 2 - 3 seconds and the concentric phase should last about one second. I've been looking for the study and the vid where I learned this, but haven't been able to find it. Doesn't bother me if you're interested in the information or not.

@@iheartradio7860 You make some good points and I don't disagree with what you wrote. When I was in college, I followed my football team's lifting program. I went from benching 175 to 325 in 2 or 3 months - mostly b/c I was young and a newbie. Football players do squats to build leg strength and benches to build up their chests to take hits and to push. They also do functional movements specific to their game and position. So, no, a lifter will not have the skills and abilities a football player does. And a football player that doesn't perform the functional movements and drills the rest of his team does won't perform well, either. And lifting 500 lbs of resistance bands is different than lifting 500 lbs of free weights because when you begin, you're not at 500 lbs. You may be at 250 or even less.

🤷🏻‍♀️ we will get him in there

Your uncle is not going to accept that, but dumbbells are 1000x better and nicer than bands. So your uncle is 100% right!

@@_Sam62 probably, but he definitely should stop buying way too many dumbells, even his daughter is starting to get muscles and shes 8 😂