Resistance Band – Bundle

Not for the living room. For the pole.

Resistance bands are marketed as “the world’s smallest gym.” Four bands in a bag, a door anchor, and a pamphlet with 20 exercises. That’s great—if you’re just getting started.

That’s not why you’re here. Our lightest resistance band starts at 14 kilos. There are no beginner bands in our lineup, and that’s by design. You’re here because there’s something a resistance band can do that a weight plate can’t: the resistance increases throughout the movement.

Variable resistor — that’s why it works

A barbell weighs the same throughout the entire range of motion. Your body doesn’t stay the same throughout the entire range of motion. You’re weakest at the bottom of the bench press and strongest at the top—so the weight that’s heavy at the bottom is too light at the top. An elastic band reverses that. The further it’s stretched, the harder it pulls. Attach it to the bar, and the resistance increases exactly as you get stronger throughout the lift.

The result:
– You’re forced to accelerate all the way through instead of gliding through the top
– The lockout becomes harder, not easier—which is where most people stall
– The eccentric phase becomes faster, which requires more control and builds more stiffness

It’s not an alternative to iron. It’s something iron can’t do.

We have three. Not eight.

Most stores sell seven or eight different resistors. So you’re left standing there, trying to guess.
We carry the three that are actually used:

Red – 23 mm – resistance approx. 14-27 kg
Light band on the bar for speed work. Constant tension during curls, pushdowns, and lateral raises. Assistance for pull-ups when you’re close to the top. Banded push-ups.

Black – 35 mm – resistance approx. 18-36 kg
Banded bench press and squats. Pull-up assistance for most people. The most versatile band we have.

Green – 46 mm – approx. 23-54 kg
Heavy band on the bar for squats and deadlifts. Leg press and shrugs. Pull-up assistance from the very bottom.

If you’re going to get just one: black. It covers the most.
If you’re going to get two: black + green. That way, you can both assist and defend.
If you do all three, you’ll have the full range from 14 to 54 kilos—and a pull-up progression that’ll take you from your first to your twentieth.

For those who lift for the numbers

Bench press, squats, deadlifts with resistance bands. Loop the band around the bar and under the bench or the rack’s legs. Speed work becomes truly explosive because you have to accelerate against increasing resistance. Start with red on the bar; switch to green when you’re ready to get serious.

Lockout. If you’re strong at the bottom and struggle at the top, variable resistance is the most direct tool available.

Pull-up progression. The resistance band provides the most assistance at the bottom—where you’re weakest—and the least at the top, where you need to work hardest. This is unlike an assist machine, which provides the same amount of assistance throughout the entire range of motion. Green → black → red → nothing.

Warm-up. Face pulls and shoulder exercises before the bench press. Note: Our lightest weight is 14 kilos, so for pull-aparts, it’s on the heavy side—use it for your warm-up if you’re used to doing pull exercises.

For those who lift to stay in shape

Constant tension. A dumbbell during a curl exerts almost no load at the top of the movement—the arm is vertical, and gravity has no effect. An elastic band exerts the most tension precisely at that point. You get tension throughout the entire movement instead of just half of it.

Banded push-ups and dips. The resistance increases the further you push. The entire top part of the movement suddenly becomes important.

Metabolic work to finish. Resistance bands provide a pump that’s hard to achieve with weights, because there’s never a resting point in the movement.