Editors' Picks: Our Favorite Things For August 2018

1. Go Fit Extreme Tube/Band Door Anchor

Recommended by Nick Collias, executive editor

Lots of fit folk are on the "travel with bands" bandwagon, but this just in: The simple addition of a door anchor changes everything. I discovered this recently when I traveled to South America for two weeks and saved the last remaining inches of my carry-on to carry an inexpensive door anchor, a cheap carabiner, and light and medium-strength looped bands.

So, what do you do with all of this? Start with the John Rusin shoulder warm-up from Unstoppable: The Ultimate Guide to Training Through Injury. That's 2-3 rounds of 10 over-and-backs, 10 face pulls using the anchor, and 10 band pull-aparts. From there, experiment. Straight-arm pull-downs, seated lat pull-downs, and triceps push-downs are no-brainers from the top of a door; pull-throughs, curls, and rows (I like half-kneeling rows in particular) are money from the bottom of a door. Standing dips using 1-2 bands looped through the carabiner...

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