Hanging Band Technique (HBT)

[UWrassler197]

Has anyone here used this technique with much success?

I just started using these techniques with "lighter weights" as accessory exercises to my heavy lifts. It is very different, to say the least.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the variations I am speaking of, let me explain. You hang weights, with resistance bands, from your barbell. As you push through the range of motion, the weights bounce around in independent directions, which causes a massive amount of muscle activation. Not only do your muscles experience the push and pull resistance that you usually put it under, but it also experiences oscillation as you are moving through your range of motion due to the weights moving around independently. Essentially any and all fibers you aren't recruiting to push/pull the weight are recruited to help stabilize the weight.

Here is a video that can help you in understanding the variation if you aren't familiar with it:

bench:

overhead press:

squat:

 

[PillarofBalance]

Yeah I have done these on a number of occasions thanks to Louis Simmons.

Doing this with a barbell is NOTHING compared to doing it with a bamboo bar.

 

[UWrassler197]

Yeah I have done these on a number of occasions thanks to Louis Simmons.

Doing this with a barbell is NOTHING compared to doing it with a bamboo bar.

I've heard that using a bamboo bar is like a totally different animal for these! I can definitely see the benefit due to there being so much play in the bar itself which adds another dynamic of movement.

 

[OldManStrength]

Yep they suck...I hate them.

 

[Mike_RN]

I've done curls and OHP with a bamboo bar and hangers. Brutal at the peak contraction.

 

[C T J]

Overhead squats, presses and bench all with a bamboo bar. End of shoulder day I do 5x20 bradford presses with double banded reds and 35lb kettlebells hanging on each end. gnarly.

 

[UWrassler197]

Overhead squats, presses and bench all with a bamboo bar. End of shoulder day I do 5x20 bradford presses with double banded reds and 35lb kettlebells hanging on each end. gnarly.

that sounds gnarly as fuck!