Non-Essential Equipment (But Makes Workouts More Fun!)

Resistance Bands – Bands are awesome for doing all sorts of pushing and pulling exercises as well as rotational core training.

Make sure you get bands that have enough resistance to challenge you. Many bands available at fitness stores are designed more for rehabilitation and are not strong enough for challenging resistance exercises.

Personally I use ‘Smart Toners’ which are available at www.qpec.com.au (Australian / NZ customers), www.twistconditioning.com (North American customers) or www.physicalcompany.com (UK customers).

If I had to get just one band I would get the “6 Foot Very Heavy Smart Toner.” It has enough resistance for most people. If you are pretty strong then you could get the “6 Foot Ultra Heavy Smart Toner” as well.

Surfers, if you are wanting a resistance band for band paddling practice, I would just get a fairly light resistance band from your local fitness store. You are working on paddling endurance, so you only want a very light resistance.

.