Resistance Bands And Tubes Can Lead To Injury!

Fitness expert, John Paul Catanzaro, of www.BodyEssence.ca explains how the use resistance tubing during training can predispose an athlete to injury.

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Sports

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• resistance
• band
• tube
• boxing
• training
• injury

[BodyEssence]

Good point, Ron. I would use med ball work (low resistance) for speed, medium resistance (40-60% 1RM) bench press or weighted push-ups for power, and benching with maximum loads (>85% 1RM) for strength. Similar movement patterns to punching, but not the same. That's the key. Not only would I alter the loading patterns but also the modalities/equipment used.

[BodyEssence]

Train the quality of strength in the gym - leave the rest in the ring so to speak. Using resistance bands and tubes or even cables and trying to mimic throwing a punch can do more harm than good! Visit my website and read some of the articles I posted in the Magazine section as well as several of the Q&A items for more information.

[Ronsauce1]

If someone had very little muscle mass/strength and then started training like in the video, then there would be a chance of injury. But most boxers have nicely developed backs and bis that are more than adequate for deceleration of a punch. Also, except for missed punches, you don't want your punch to decelerate.

[BodyEssence]

This argument is faulty. Muscle mass/strength (i.e. "having nicely developed backs & bis") does not reduce the chance of injury. If so, then there would be a low incidence in bodybuilders, powerlifters, weightlifters, etc. In athletics, you must consider movement patterns & timing of muscular contractions as opposed to a simplistic mass/strength viewpoint. The nervous system controls muscular contractions (i.e. intermuscular coordination) and bands can disrupt these patterns encouraging injury.

[ladykudos1]

what???

[philcoool]

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[jayblaze2k21]

Listen Guy, I know that you must be pretty fit, but i dont think that your a boxer. For a beginner, or a woman(especially one that practices punching with one hand on her hip) using resistance bands in shadow boxing can be dangerous, But for someone who knows what there doing and has spent many hours working there form, punching against resistance can help to rienforce form and build explosive power that weight training and calistetics may not be able to.

[disi69]

@BodyEssence ....which in turn will increase the rate of force of development in the fighter's punching mechanics. Greater rate of force development = quicker punch and more powerful punches..Force = Mass (x) Acceleration. Therefore as long as the fighter is training the antagonistic muscles for the deacceleration of the punch, there will be no disparity between the anatgonistic pairs, band training has a very big party to play in increasing a fighters power and speed in their punches.

[disi69]

@BodyEssence Your argument is just as faulty, in a well planned strength and conditioning program training with bands has its place. The point that you make about throwing punches with a band reducing the involvement of the posterior deltoid, supraspinatus etc is very much valid. However much as in bungee cords are used to develop greater acceleration in sprinting, the point of using the bands in the punching movement is to create overspeed...

[mesiebooga]

Bruce Lee used to shadow box with weights in his hands and it only made him faster. I think I'll side with him.

[ta77da]

@drnannlp

Absolutely you work the opposing muscle group equally to offset imbalances