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[alexseanchai]

Today I spent an hour at the gym talking to an exercise physiologist and learning how to do this lifting-heavy-things shit right. He had me working with what is apparently called a resistance band or an exercise band, looks like this thing:



(And after forty-five minutes of that my day's supply of spoons ran away laughing, but that's sort of the point, right?)

I asked Mr. W which exercise band I should buy, and he said "the purple one". Yeah, real helpful, Mr. W, I can see the one I was working with is purple, that doesn't help at all if I'm looking at a brand where 'purple' means 'heavy'. So I turn to the all-knowing Internets. I've been hitting up Google, and I assume I want to start with a light one, not extra-light or medium and certainly not heavy, but some sites are recommending getting three different ones: opinions? How and how much does length matter? Any recommended brands? And anything else y'all think might be helpful.

Thanks!

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[opusculus]

In my experience, they all seem to be about the same length, and if they are different, I sure can't tell. I have and love Bodylastics, since it's the only one that I've found that lets you clip on as many different bands as you want, so you can pretty much do anything from 5 pounds to 200 something with the same bands. They're expensive, especially for resistance bands, but they feel like quality. I don't think there's really any way anyone can tell you via the Internet what strength of resistance band you should get.

If you're just experimenting, and want to start with something cheaper, I'd say go with the light one from whatever brand looks good to you. I've heard good things about...I think it was spri xertube or something along those lines. The nice thing about resistance bands is that they can be made more difficult by shortening them or stepping a little further away or easier by getting closer, so it's easier to adjust what you're doing to make it the right weight for you.

[alexseanchai]

*nods* Thanks!