Variable-resistance training

[Seagal]

Has anyone experience with variable-resistance training?

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

I have used chains or band for years on all my press exercises with great benefit. I think it is one of the few free lunches in strength training. I really notice when I travel and can't use my normal equipment how much I lose in the top range of the movement. Nautilus machines are also a form of variable resistance so anyone who used them has some experience with it. It is easy to overdo on squats and deadlifts however and can over-stress the lower back.

 

[Seagal]

I have used chains or band for years on all my press exercises with great benefit. I think it is one of the few free lunches in strength training. I really notice when I travel and can't use my normal equipment how much I lose in the top range of the movement. Nautilus machines are also a form of variable resistance so anyone who used them has some experience with it. It is easy to overdo on squats and deadlifts however and can over-stress the lower back.

Do you take your own equipment (chains, bands) to the gym or is it already available? I haven't seen anyone in my gym using it with machines or free weights.

 

[Guided_by_Voices]

Do you take your own equipment (chains, bands) to the gym or is it already available? I haven't seen anyone in my gym using it with machines or free weights.

I take bands to the gym and use chains(which I prefer) at home. Bands seem like they would be cumbersome with most machines.