Dang, this thing got big... no notifications for me...
Lance I agree... when I said bands are superior, I mean to say that bands accommodating weights are superior to dead weight alone.
The resistance curve of bands alone is too steep to accommodate a lifters more natural strength curve.
In cases where pure band strength would be used I think supplemental exercises can be done to compliment it.
Thus I would still say that - pure band exercises + supplemental exercises > non band exercises alone.
In this case someone who perhaps didn't have access to weights but only to body weight and bands could get the accelerated eccentric benefits of the bands in addition to their body weight exercise benefits.
A person having access to a full gym and bands would be better off using accommodating resistance.
Perhaps there is something to be said for pure band resistance retraining the strength curve itself to be steeper...
But that's kind of another thread... or maybe not.
What I intended in my first statement was accommodating resistance.
I'll have to read the rest of this later.
