so let's face it dumbbells can be quite expensive for your budget and they don't
travel too well either so seeing that this is a finance channel i figured since it's January
a lot of people trying to get into shape if you travel a lot if you're on a budget how do you
get the best workout that travels well that saves you money that is what we're talking about today
so honestly dumbbells can kind of wreck havoc on the budget and you end up burning your cash
pretty cool effect right so i've used dumbbells for quite a few years in my workouts personally
the problem with them are two things one they take up a lot of room i don't have one of those fancy
adjustable weight dumbbells but even if i did that itself would also take up a lot of space all of my
dumbbells are stacked all over the floor and they can be a little bit cumbersome not only that when
i do travel and i want to continue my workouts in maybe a hotel room or on the go i don't want
to load up over 100 pounds of dumbbells into a suitcase that would be kind of silly but fun fact
i actually did that one time and it was the worst mistake of my life so i found some of these things
now typically you would find a resistance band as like this like weak annoying thing but these
particular sets are from bob and brad they are working on specialists and oh my god these things
are freaking mind-blowing so i'm going to review these with you today i'm going to talk about the
price of these and why i used them and in fact what i did is i put these to the test i did this
right back here this is called body beast it is a workout program that is focused specifically on
dumbbells and weightlifting i figured if this can be tested against that and succeed these might be
worth trying in the long run so if you like the idea of getting a quality workout while saving
some of these right here tap that like button down below who doesn't like to save money so typically
dumbbells can range from about a dollar fifty per pound of weight that you buy so if you're buying
a set of dumbbells even if you get the adjustable weight dumbbells you could be running yourself up
hundreds of dollars sometimes in cases more than six hundred dollars up to a thousand dollars
for a proper dumbbell set the resistance bands that i'm reviewing today from bob and brad are
exactly fifty dollars on amazon i'll include the link down in the description below so you can
check out and learn more about these but they come in a lot of different colors sizes and weighted
resistance for a good alternative to dumbbells. So let me show you them step by step so on each
one of these resistance bands you can see how much weighted resistance are on those so i can simply
take my little loops my hand grips right here and look how quality this is guys look at that
it simply snaps right in boom and it's connected and reinforced for your workout pleasure so
when i first got this set of resistance loops it ranges from 15 pounds all the way up to 35 pounds
but they offer something even better you can actually double them up so here i have my 30 pound
here is a 20 pound weighted resistance band i can actually click them together and now
it's 50 pounds of resistance so this actually goes up to 125 pounds so if you think about it
from the standpoint of all those dumbbells i can now replace them with these resistance bands but
how did they hold up against body beast bulk arms and what i've done in the past as i do always is i
keep track on this workout sheet of the different dumbbells that i've used in the past so typically
for my first move which is a standing curl i go from 15 pounds all the way up to 25 sometimes 30
pounds depending on how good the day is so what i would do is i would line up my dumbbells but
this time for today's workout i lined it up with the resistance bands started with the 15 pounds
clicked them in did the workout and all you have to do is basically stand almost shoulder-width
apart have the resistant loop underneath your feet and curl it up simple and easy as that now i will
say one challenge that i had is that body beast does move quickly from workout to workout so for
example in the progressive set of a standing curl you start with 15 reps at 15 pounds you then go
12 reps at a higher weight in my case i went up to 25 pounds here's where it gets a little bit tricky
in a typical dumbbell fashion you can just pick up the next set of dumbbells and on you go but
with only four seconds in between that progression it does take some time because you have to unclip
the resistance band and re-clip the new one so i did have a little bit of a struggle where i
did have to pause in order for me to fiddle around with the resistance loops not really that big of a
deal but if you're looking for more of a cardio weighted resistance that will be something that
you have to keep in mind when it comes down to using resistance bands the best part about all
of this is is that i can give it a thumbs up these resistance bands worked on every single workout
move in today's workout of bulk arms with body beast can actually do each and every one of these
moves with the bob and brad resistance band and the best part is you'll get this along with what
you get with the resistance loop kit and it has a list of all the various workouts and what i did is
i looked through and you can actually filter it by the type of move so for example triceps i wanted
to know how could i best do the skull crusher well check this out very similar to a reverse grip
press down so that's exactly what i did you tie it off to a door or a secure surface and you pull it
up and down it works just like a skull crusher now even though i did this body beast workout you can
actually use this workout guide outside of using the beach body on demand platform you don't have
to use a particular workout with these resistance loops i just wanted a chance to actually put these
against my tried and true workout program from the past but you could take this and literally
go through their workout guide and make up your own sets and make up your own workout based on the
day and what you're trying to target so in the kit you're going to get 15 pounds which is represented
by the yellow band 20 pounds is red 25 is blue 30 pounds is green and 35 pounds is black you
can add them together as i mentioned earlier for up to 125 pounds of resistance so as you continue
to get your gains my friend you can add them up and you're doing like curls with 100 pound weights
oh my god you're gonna look like a superstar so again if we average that out and you're trying to
spend for each individual dumbbell set or a nice 700 adjustable dumbbell kit that's a lot of money
save yourself some money go with resistance loops they travel well and they're only 50
to me it actually sounds like a great idea kind of kicking myself that all this time i've been
wasting all this money on dumbbells i right now have an arsenal that goes up to 40 pounds but
now i don't have to worry about as i continue to get better at my weighted workouts i don't have
to worry about okay now i have to figure out a way to get 50-pound dumbbells and go out and spend a
lot of money on a 50-pound hex dumbbell weight i can now use the Bob and Brad Resistance bands set
click them together make it 50 pounds and onward and upward i go oh time for 70 pounds
you can do that too so what i'll do is that and i've done this before back in the old days when
i did my fitness videos i'm going to click up right here it is these are my workout results
from this workout using the resistance loops check this out 39 minutes with the bulk arms workout
average calories of 228 and total calories of 308 again with weighted workouts you don't tend to
burn a ton of calories because you're not doing cardio moves but that is on par with my past
performance so pretty good by the way i use the apple watch series 5 to track my workouts
in case you're wondering where this graph comes from and then when you're done with
your workout or you're traveling are you ready to pack it up and have a nice clean
workout area you just put all these right into the bag come on get in there come on come on
and there you go what are your fitness goals this year? comment down below let me know
until next time guys i hope this helps you save some money while getting an incredible
badass workout that you deserve but until next time as always continue to live your sweet life
because you're worth it have an awesome day we'll see you next time
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