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Monday, October 19th, 2009Christmas before Halloween- Iron Woody Fitness Bands on Sale now!
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009Iron Woody Bands are having their Annual Christmas Sale!
Yes! You heard right! Their Christmas Sale!
They are getting the jump on their other fitness competitors.
The only thing that is on sale is their Bands. Which is by far and away their most popular product, and the most useful. 
If you have never used bands before, they can easily replicate any movement you can think of that you can do with a dumbbell or barbell. But the real magic is they are extremely portable and cheap.
Columbus Personal Trainer Jason Yun, and owner of Yun Fitness Bootcamps says ‘Bands are a very big part in what we do at camp. You just need a few bands to train a lot of people. We use bands almost on a daily basis.’
Strength levels of the bands vary quite a bit, and just like free weights you will be able to build up to higher bands with a consistent workout program.
Iron Woody Bands are going to be 20% off their already low price. But the sale ends on October 18th. So there isn’t much time to take advantage of this sale.
To order your Iron Woody Bands go to http://www.yuntraining.com/bands.html
Iron Woody Memorial Day Sale 20% off All Fitness Bands
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
From now until May 31, Iron Woody is offering 20% off on all our fitness bands. This is your chance to save even more on our already low prices on bands.
They will be out of the office until June 1, so anything you order between now and May 31 will not be shipped until then. Sorry for the inconvenience, and we hope the 20% band savings makes up for it. You can get to the sale from our Home Page.
http://www.ironwoodyfitness.com/
Have a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend!
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Flexbands– The ultimate portable gym
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Just wanted to let you in on a little secret in my fitness arsenal. They’re called flexbands, and are one of the best pieces of equipment you can get for a home gym, or if you travel a lot. I use them in bootcamp practically everyday. Below is an article I wrote on them to give you a little introduction on them. They are sweet!
I first learned about flexbands back in 2005. I learned about them from Louie Simmons from Westside Barbell in Columbus, who has used them to earn the reputation of the “strongest gym in the world”. Flexbands are basically giant rubber bands.
They are a layered band and are 41 inches in length and come in different sizes and strengths. They can give you as little as 5 pounds of resistance or as much as 200 pounds of resistance.
Now today I want to talk about what they can do for the general/average person in terms of fitness.
For starters, the band can pretty much replicate any exercise you can do with a dumbbell or barbell. The main difference between the band and those two implements are the band gets harder towards the end of the movement (when the band is stretched out the most). With a dumbbell or barbell it is hardest at the bottom of the movement.
Bands are the ultimate portable gym. With each one weighing less than two pounds and can easily fold or bend into any bag. If you travel a lot for pleasure and business the bands are a must.
They can easily attach to other objects, like a post, fence, or chin up bar. Or they can attach to another band. Attaching bands to something sturdy will give you the opportunity to train with a band in each hand. This will enable you to perform an abundance more of exercise, increase the level of difficulty, and increase your recruitment of the surrounding stabilizing musculature.
You can also attach bands to each other. Doing this and attaching them to something sturdy will allow you to perform resisted running/walking, animal walking, power jumping. It is also a great way to train with a partner by attaching each band around the waist of each other.
You can also attach flexbands to other implements to make normal everyday exercises even more challenging. This was the original use I had found out about when I first discovered bands. Adding them to a barbell, dumbbell, or even a kettlebell. This can either be a super advanced method or a beginner’s method depending on the amount of weight you use and the amount of band tension you select. But it changes the feel of the movement dramatically, which is excellent for muscle confusion and constant progress as you stay away from those dreaded plateaus.
For example, one of the most common gym exercises that are performed with bands is the squat. Performing this with a barbell and attaching a band on each side of the barbell is what is called ‘accommodating resistance’. The reason being is that when you squat without the bands the weight is hardest to lift in the bottom position, as you rise up closer to the top it gets increasingly easier. With bands attached, as the band stretches out more it gets progressively harder. Plus the band is actually trying to pull you back down, so it’s an extreme exercise. You really have to put everything into the up portion, or you’ll usually get stuck somewhere in the middle.
They also really support people that can’t do chin-ups or pull-ups on their on. Attaching a band to a chin up bar and putting your knee in through the loop will take off up to 100 pounds of bodyweight depending on the band strength.
One other thing you can do with them is stretching. It increases flexibility like no other implement. The majority of people see dramatic changes after only one session. But that’s a whole other article.
Give bands a try. They are probably the easiest and cheapest way to start your own home gym.
Hope you liked the article. The bands I use in bootcamp are from Iron Woody Fitness. you can learn more about them here:
http://tinyurl.com/yunironwoody
If your in Columbus, don’t forget to sign up for your free 2-week trial to bootcamp.
http://www.yunfitnessbootcamps.com
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