Ankle Speed Band
A dual resistance rope with foot anchors made from the finest materials, suitable for skill enhancement, reaction, and neuromuscular coordination exercises. It is suitable for all athletes, especially those in aerobic sports, combat sports, and football.
Benefits of Resistance Ropes:
Whether you are a beginner in sports or a weight lifter, you will realize the importance of having resistance ropes in your sports equipment, which is often overlooked due to ignorance of its importance. We can start by saying that using these ropes in their various forms increases resistance during exercise, requiring more effort to perform exercise movements and engage more muscles, aiding in strength building.
Coach Jen Skaim says, “You can wrap them around your legs or arms, and they come in all shapes and sizes like weights, with different resistances to make the exercise easier or harder.” He continues, “Resistance ropes recruit stabilizing muscles, an important muscle group as they support our large muscles and joints when we move, helping to reduce the risk of injury. Therefore, they are a safe and low-impact option for seniors, often used for rehabilitation.”
Resistance ropes are lightweight, easy to carry and transport, and incredibly versatile, making them great for all levels of fitness from beginners to professional athletes. So, if you’re interested, let’s look at the benefits that resistance ropes offer when incorporated into your fitness regimen.
A simple tool, but its results are very surprising.
Despite the gym being filled with various types of sports equipment, dumbbells, and machines, resistance ropes offer many benefits that weights cannot provide. Some of these benefits that make you stronger and healthier are as follows:
1. Resistance ropes help improve the quality of exercise.
Training with elastic resistance ropes gives a muscular activity similar to or greater than that resulting from weight exercises without any continuous force or pressure on the joints. This means there is significant muscle stimulation with less chance of injury. Anyone with joint pain or discomfort can perform all exercises that they cannot do with dumbbells. You can also add them to iron exercises to increase density and neuromuscular performance.
2. Resistance rope training contributes to burning excess body fat.
Exercises using resistance ropes are highly effective in burning excess body fat. The more difficult the exercise, the more effort the body will exert, meaning getting rid of excess fat and burning more calories, and this burning may continue even after finishing the exercises.
3. Resistance ropes offer many exercise options.
Resistance ropes can be used to perform various types of exercises in both vertical and horizontal levels. For example, you can work on chest, legs, arms, and abdomen exercises with the waist, meaning you can perform a full-body workout using resistance ropes. You can also perform fat-burning exercises and strength training.
4. Strengthening and building muscles.
During exercise, muscles stretch and tear, and the body repairs the fibers of these muscles to make them larger and stronger. This process is called hypertrophy. Jen Skaim says, “Resistance rope exercises also strengthen back, shoulder, and trunk muscles.”
A study conducted by the Harvard Medical School found that regular training with resistance ropes helps in losing age-related muscles.
5. Improving body health by increasing flexibility and improving movement.
As people age, some may experience muscle deterioration and fatigue, but this can be controlled through the use of resistance ropes, as they increase body flexibility and improve movement, making the body healthier.
6. Resistance ropes recruit stabilizing muscles.
Using resistance ropes gives you a feeling of stability, forcing you to work harder to control during exercise, meaning you targeted your stabilizing muscles and began building core strength at the same time.
7. Resistance ropes are a real alternative to gym machines.
Gym machines can teach you the general movements you need to target a specific muscle group, especially if you are a beginner. But at the same time, they restrict your movement in a certain way, so you cannot get the most out of your exercises. In contrast, resistance ropes give you the ability to exercise the muscle from stretching to contracting, meaning achieving the best results.