1. Entry difficulty (tie)
Dumbbell: Dumbbell movements are easy to learn. Beginners can imitate movements quickly according to the course of Keep, but it still takes some effort to find the feeling of muscle strength.
Elastic belt: elastic belt's movements are a little more complicated than dumbbells, which requires extra resistance direction and grip strength, but its elastic characteristics can help beginners easily find the feeling of muscle exertion.
2. portability (elastic belt wins)
Dumbbell: No one should want to put a few kilograms or more into a backpack. Dumbbells have no advantage in portability.
Elastic belt: elastic belt is the only fitness equipment worth carrying. Its weight and volume are almost the same as a pack of paper towels, which can be ignored.
3. Durability (dumbbell wins)
Dumbbell: Dumbbell itself is made of iron and can be used all the time as long as it doesn't fall repeatedly.
Elastic belt: elastic belt is probably the most consumed instrument. It's easy to break as long as it cracks slightly. Be careful not to stretch more than twice the length when practicing.
4. Weight loss effect (dumbbell slightly better)
Dumbbell: In fat-reducing training, we can use the weight of dumbbells to practice some explosive movements, which will mobilize the muscles of the whole body and consume more calories than conventional movements.
Elastic belt: elastic belt is usually used to increase movement resistance or lateral resistance to force the body to remain stable. This kind of training also consumes a lot, but it is slightly inferior to dumbbells.
5. Forming effect (drawing)
Dumbbell: Dumbbell is very suitable for isolated exercise of a single muscle, and can be practiced in various parts of the body through the adjustment of movements. But only for upper body exercises. After all, you can't catch dumbbells with your feet.
Elastic belt: elastic belt can practice more parts than dumbbells, but its elasticity determines that it is not suitable for practicing compound movements, and its overall efficiency will be compromised.
6. Muscle Enhancement Effect (Dumbbell Victory)
Dumbbell: For muscle exercise, the biggest advantage of dumbbell is that its load can be quantified, and the weight corresponding to each movement is well known, so bodybuilders can measure their own level.
Elastic belt: In contrast, the resistance of elastic belt can only be achieved through length adjustment and multiple combinations, and the change of resistance is rather vague. Although it can also be upgraded to a large load, the specific strength depends entirely on the feeling.
7. Other functions (elastic belt wins completely)
Dumbbell: Dumbbell can be used for most weight-bearing and resistance training, but its function is still limited because gravity is always downward.
Elastic belt: Multi-angle resistance is the biggest feature of elastic belt, which can be used to practice the rotation training of wrist and trunk, and stimulate local muscles more fully. In addition, it can also be used to assist stretching, and the strength of stretching can be adjusted by elastic force.
Comparatively speaking, both of them have their own advantages-dumbbell is a classic fitness equipment, which is slightly better than elastic belt in reducing fat and increasing muscle; Elastic belt focuses on all-round and multi-functional, which can improve the sense of muscle strength, as well as the variability and portability of its resistance angle, which cannot be achieved by other instruments. Both are very irreplaceable. Combining their respective advantages in actual training will produce the effect of 1+ 1 >:2.
According to the characteristics of elastic belt, a set of back training exercises was launched this week.
If you can't find the feeling of exerting strength in back training, you can try to warm up with it first, and the whole back muscles will be awakened after 15 minutes;
If you already have your own back training plan, you can also add it to the final stage of training, which will further strengthen the congestion of back muscles and make them feel better.