Progressive Resistance Bands - cheap and a whole lotta help

Pictured here are 41 inch Iron Woody Bands.  These bands are great for helping you in many facets of your workouts.  They are cheap, lightweight and provide progressive resistance to nearly any movement you try.

The rating you see in the picture (10 to 50 lbs) is the variable resistance they provide.  An Example: if you wrap them over a pull up bar, step into it, at the MAXIMUM stretch, it will give you 50 pounds of "help".  As you perform the exercise, the "help" will get less and less until it is only providing 10 pounds of help.

Need more?  Use both of them.  There are larger sizes that provide more help.  This pair can be purchased for $27 direct from Iron Woody's site (non-affiliate link).

You can also step into the bands, loop them over your shoulders and do progressive-resistance squats.   Search youtube for fitness bands or power bands and you'll get some more ideas.