Can someone give me a guide on how to use bands for bench?

Put them round the bar and around something on the floor hopefully the bench has feet you can put the bands under and off you go - Simple as that.

If attaching to teh floor is difficult, you could use a single band and put it under the bench and then loop each end round the end of the bar, but if it's not a long band, then tht'll be a hell of a lot of tension, even at the bottom.

I aim to have some tension in them at the bottom, so depending on length of bands you may need to double them to achieve this, or tie a knot in them, if double is too much tension.

Is that what you meant or is your question aimed at something else?

Yeah :]
seen anything on line that gives an example of how they are being used? its nice to see it visually :]

Depends if you use a regular bench or power rack, if you use powerrack you can find the height at which the bands are slack but in contact with the bar and then do a slip knott through the holes (where the pins go), thats for reverse band. If you want it regular you can use this for both bench and powerrack set up, get the heaviest dumbells you can and wrap it around those, place it in line with where ever you touch on the chest though otherwise u'll have the bar being pulled to far.

try this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmFlZoYiIE

Ader wrote:try this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmFlZoYiIE

thats it

Ader wrote:try this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bsmFlZoYiIE

that looks easy enough to me!
cool :]

I do it like this. http://www.getstrength.com/images/bandbench1.jpg

That's what I meant re putting the band under the bench -

that looks to close to the body and would be annoying.
what about putting them outside the weights and under the bench, or would that be too far for most bands?

Morba - You see burningnuns pic - look at the frame running under the pad that joins the 2 pillars. I place a band under the bar(under the pad in burningnuns case) bringing up the 2 ends around it and sticking it on one end of the barbell (instead of both ends like burningnun). So its like nuns pic, except i have a band either side doubled up.

http://www.stretchtofitness.com/osu3.JPG

Like this except the bands are attached to the frame running parallel to the bar

that looks equivalent to db's. neither of the main benches are like that racked one, so will have to go for DB's.

cheapest and quickest delivery place for bands? liftinglarge is american so will take a while

Morba wrote:that looks equivalent to db's. neither of the main benches are like that racked one, so will have to go for DB's.

cheapest and quickest delivery place for bands? liftinglarge is american so will take a while

Pullum Sports - although mine are a bit... well... worn...

Pullum sports are pretty good and slightly cheaper than genuine Woody's (I think)

Morba wrote:that looks equivalent to db's. neither of the main benches are like that racked one, so will have to go for DB's.

cheapest and quickest delivery place for bands? liftinglarge is american so will take a while

Mine came in 5 days and i don't think there is a cheaper place. Pullum is a wrip off.

Frio3535 wrote:

Morba wrote:that looks equivalent to db's. neither of the main benches are like that racked one, so will have to go for DB's.

cheapest and quickest delivery place for bands? liftinglarge is american so will take a while

Mine came in 5 days and i don't think there is a cheaper place. Pullum is a wrip off.

Yep - That is the problem with Pullum!

I got mine from woodybands, cheap and took 3 days.

Frio3535 wrote:

Morba wrote:that looks equivalent to db's. neither of the main benches are like that racked one, so will have to go for DB's.

cheapest and quickest delivery place for bands? liftinglarge is american so will take a while

Mine came in 5 days and i don't think there is a cheaper place. Pullum is a wrip off.

How much did you pay inc. P&P and what bands did you get?

I payed £52 inc delivery for the starter package that included pairs of 41" Mini's, super mini's and small bands. I got them when the pound-dollar rate was better then it is now so its probably more expensive then what i payed.
With Pullum your looking at the same set but costing ~£76 before their riduculous delivery charge.