Jenny Craig Team 
If you’re new to activity, starting a strength training routine may seem daunting — but it doesn’t have to be! So, grab your resistance bands and get ready for an efficient workout that builds muscle in a versatile and fun way!
What are Resistance Bands?
Resistance bands make it easy to build strength and gain flexibility from the comfort of your home or hotel room. The benefits of resistance bands extend beyond building strength — they help mobility, stability and balance, and flexibility. What started as a therapy for patients rehabilitating post-injury has gained mainstream popularity — they are portable, lightweight, easy to store, and effective.
While resistance bands provide similar benefits to traditional free weights, they can offer more versatility and aren’t as clunky or expensive too. Having a variety of tensions provides options to vary your routine by muscle group.
The Jenny Craig activity bands offer two levels of tensions, choose the green activity band for light resistance, or the red activity band for medium resistance.
Health Benefits of Strength Training
National physical activity guidelines recommend strength training at least twice a week. Rapid Results Max Up, Jenny Craig’s most effective weight loss plan, incorporates strength training 3x a week for approximately 30 minutes (combined with a daily 8,000 steps). There are numerous benefits to including strength training in your regular fitness and activity routine (not even counting the added benefit of feeling empowered and strong!).
- Maintaining muscle tissue: While some people want to build muscle, toning and maintaining the strength you have can also be motivating. Staying strong and maintaining muscle has benefits for us now and also as we age.
- Increased strength and decreased risk of injury: Having strong muscles makes everything you do a little bit easier and safer — you gain stability with strength which makes you less likely to fall or injure yourself.
- Improved bone health: When your muscles are actively pulling against the resistance of a band, lifting a weight, or supporting your body weight, that stress stimulates bone turnover and growth, which is essential to maintain what you have and even increase bone density over time.
- Decrease body fat: Muscle is the engine of our metabolism and helps burn more energy even when you’re relaxing. Muscle tissue burns more energy than any other tissue in our bodies, and even modest gains can help manage body fat and weight over time.
How do Resistance Bands Work?
Resistance bands do just that — they provide muscle resistance created by elastic force. When you pull on the band, you create tension, and your muscles must work harder to continue the movement. The more you stretch the elasticised band, the greater the resistance it provides, and that means your muscles have to work that much harder to pull against the increasing resistance.
Using resistance bands, you can move in both vertical and horizontal planes, providing complementary benefits if you also use free weights. Incorporating resistance band training into your existing fitness regimen can work muscles from various angles, also helping to ward off injury.
How do you use Resistance Bands?
Anyone of any age or fitness level can start using resistance bands and reap benefits. If you already do bodyweight exercises, resistance bands will provide you with an extra challenge without the pressure on your joints compared to free weights or kettlebells.
Scan the QR code on your resistance band packaging or click here to find a range of exercises to get started.
How Can I Incorporate More Resistance Band Training into my Activity Plan?
Rapid Results Max Up is Jenny Craig’s most effective weight loss plan , integrating activity plans into its holistic approach to weight loss, along with meal plans, hydration and quality of life assessment.
This in turn allows you to monitor your progress over time, also helping to create healthy habits for life.
Learn more about Rapid Results Max Up and how you can begin a guided activity plan!
