{"id":38576,"date":"2021-07-14T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefabulous.co\/qa\/are-exercise-bands-just-as-effective-for-strengthening-and-toning-as-lifting-weights\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T15:31:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T15:31:20","slug":"are-exercise-bands-just-as-effective-for-strengthening-and-toning-as-lifting-weights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/are-exercise-bands-just-as-effective-for-strengthening-and-toning-as-lifting-weights\/","title":{"rendered":"Are exercise bands just as effective for strengthening and toning as lifting weights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Heidi W.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">Exercise bands are much healthier. They definitely put much less strain in the muscles and are effective. It definitely depends on how much weight you&#39;re using on weights, but I personally prefer exercise bands. The choice is up to you, and weights are definitely a great option as well, but be careful using said weights<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-2315858419\"><div id=\"thefa-2436414063\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Stop procrastinating. It's time to take charge of your life.<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Start today<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heidi W. Exercise bands are much healthier. They definitely put much less strain in the muscles and are effective. It definitely depends on how much weight you&#39;re using on weights, but I personally prefer exercise bands. The choice is up to you, and weights are definitely a great option as well, but be careful using said weights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are exercise bands just as effective for strengthening and toning as lifting weights? | Fabulous Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are exercise bands just as effective for strengthening and toning as lifting weights? 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