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Specifically for resistance training, I prefer free weights over stuff like giant rubber bands. Dumbells. Barbells. Cast iron plates.
I understand your point. But this is a philosophical nature debacle. Basically, we associate ourselves with degradable things that we are in the grasps of understanding and connecting with them. Basically if we associate ourselves with metal. That is unnatural with us, thus it will be harder to relate on an energetic level. So... I'm more inclined to think that a more gentleman way is the leather way not the metal way. Because you would need to be a true yoggie shaman master to be able to tune into the nature of metal. And besides the fact that would make you 'energetically rigid', it would also make you slow and fixated in paths and ideas. 
I think it's specific for whatever things.. I like leather too. I appreciate fine leather goods, wallets, bags, shoes, straps (some weightlifting straps are leather, and all good weightlifting belts are 10mm to 13mm thick leather.)
But for practical purposes, I wear rubber shoes. My old military boots had steel toes in them. I understand today, you can get them with hard plastic inserts or composite toes. For my every day belt (which I rarely wear) I like those nylon strap ratchet things, which are designed to be able to hold heavy things on your waist, particularly firearms and accessories.
I guess it depends. You can dress on occasion. But I like to be practical and use those "artificial" materials. I may not need it, but I want stuff that are rigid and won't degrade.