Rep range with bands.......

[chaos]

does it matter?


Should it be low 2-4 reps or higher 6-10?

[Vet]

does it matter?


Should it be low 2-4 reps or higher 6-10?

depends.  What exercise are you training and what are you trying to do with the bands?

[chaos]

depends.  What exercise are you training and what are you trying to do with the bands?

Bench and squats.......increase power/explosiveness/strength....anything else I can get out of them.

[Vet]

Bench and squats.......increase power/explosiveness/strength....anything else I can get out of them.

bench---sets of 3 reps

squat---doubles

Deadlifts---singles
   

follow Louies guidelines from Westside on band use. 

[QuakerOats]

definitely singles on banded deadlifts, you don't want to be rebounding off the floor on band deadlifts.

[chaos]

bench---sets of 3 reps

squat---doubles

Deadlifts---singles
   

follow Louies guidelines from Westside on band use. 

I just got his book......."The Westside Barbell Book of Methods".......

[Overload]

1-3 reps.

[burn2live]

This is interesting. Why should the rep range be different?

[Vet]

I just got his book......."The Westside Barbell Book of Methods".......

for a person familiar with westside training methods I thought it was an excellent read.  Its not something for  anewbie to pickup and expect to know everything, but it did fill in alot of gaps and gave great examples. 


I thought it alos tied together several of his articles in probably the easiest to read publication I've ever seen from Louie.  I have to wonder who ghost wrote it for him. 

[burn2live]

This is interesting. Why should the rep range be different?

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[Overload]

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I'm sure you could use them in any rep range for other reasons, but for power lifting they are best used in the 1-3 rep range to build lockout strength and explosiveness.

[burn2live]

I'm sure you could use them in any rep range for other reasons, but for power lifting they are best used in the 1-3 rep range to build lockout strength and explosiveness.

Cheers man, I will bear this in mind!

[hangclean]

definitely singles on banded deadlifts, you don't want to be rebounding off the floor on band deadlifts.

You dont want to rebound off the floor for any kind of deadlift.  Just for the record.

[BFP]

for a person familiar with westside training methods I thought it was an excellent read.  Its not something for  anewbie to pickup and expect to know everything, but it did fill in alot of gaps and gave great examples. 


I thought it alos tied together several of his articles in probably the easiest to read publication I've ever seen from Louie.  I have to wonder who ghost wrote it for him. 

I know Matt wrote alot of the articles while he was there.  Doesnt take ANYTHING from Louie though

Jason