Archive for February, 2009
New e-book download
Hi Everyone:
Here’s a link for our new e-book called “Training With Bags & Bands”. It’s 100% free to download, just click the link and you’re set. The book talks a bit about the benefits of sandbag and sportband training. It includes a couple of killer sandbag and sportband workouts, along with images of each movement.
Download the FREE e-book here
Got questions on the workouts? exercises? Post them to the comment section below we’ll answer them in detail.
Keep training hard!
Jason
www.hybridfitness.tv
Exercise of the Week: Sportband Overhead Squat
As most any educated member of the fitness industry will tell you, a squat is much more than just a leg exercise. In fact, it could be considered a “total body” exercise. Many muscles in both the upper and lower body are fully active during a squat.
Now lets factor in a sportband. Sportbands are a great method of applying resistance. We talk about them a lot on the blog and the main site. They work well because of their portability and durability, but also because they can provide resistances from a few pounds to several hundred pounds. Seriously, a band that provides 200lbs of resistance can practically fit in your coat pocket. It might look a little weird, but it’ll fit. I’ll spare you the sportband backstory in this post, but suffice it to say, we’re big fans of sportbands for a number of reasons.
One of the great exercises you can do with them is the Overhead Squat. The link below will take you to a video from the Hybrid Fitness video database with a full explanation of the movement.
My recommendation would be to start with a light resistance band and move up from there. Try a few repetitions and make sure your shoulders and back are stable. Be sure to move slowy through the motion until you get ccomfortable with body position and mechanics.
Give it a shot and tell us what you think. If you need to know where to get ultra-high quality sportbands, we recommend you go here. Tell them Hybrid Fitness sent you.
If you want to create videos like this for yourself for yourself, your clients or a blog/website, go here.
Until next time, keep training hard!
Jason
www.hybridfitness.tv
