[quote]black_angus1 wrote:
[quote]McDouche wrote:
While you don’t have as many options as some people, you can buy your own bands and take them in. As long as you take care of them, these will last a very long time. You can build your own 1 and 2 boards, or buy rep boards if you don’t have anyone to hold them for you. You can buy fat Gripz for another variation. I also like CG incline, and CG decline. Add in pauses, 3 different grips + illegal wides, floor presses, dead presses and a few pieces of equipment mentioned you have a ton of combinations for under $100. I’m sure your gym has one of those squat tampons, and you can bench w/ it for another variation.
If you are a raw lifter, the order I would purchase these are:
1 and 2 boards
fat grip
Bands (mainly just cause there are more things u can do w/ these than chains)
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I’d also like to add in that you can do board presses without somebody to hold the board. Just double up a mini band, put it around your chest, and stick the board under there. It’s not perfect, but it will definitely work.
STB, thanks for clarifying. That makes a lot of sense now. I think I was overthinking some things for the transformation phase. I feel like I have a decent understanding of intensification/accumulation, but transformation just takes experience to know what works.
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the best way I’ve found for holding boards is to use one of those stretchy back-warmers . it holds the board/s at a perfect angle , and doesnt interfere with how the bar touches the board . get one a size too big and it should work for 3 and 4 brd as well . the velcro wore out on mine , so Im currently using a micro-band ; I like the back-warmer better .