Resistance Bands

[TimmyBoston]

I've been using Resistance Bands to workout with lately, well I've been trying to use them, they keep breaking. The handles fall apart in a matter of days.

Does anyone know of a brand that will actually hold up?

 

[ambrose]

Have you tried these, http://www.spri.com/ItemGroup.aspx?ItemGroupID=1&CategoryID=24&ItemGroupTypeID=1

I have the ultra heavy and man they are really fantastic. I can even use them with the wall mount no problem. I picked mine up at the local academy, hope this helps.


oh wait up even better this is a new one from them.


http://www.spriproducts.com/ItemGroup.aspx?ItemGroupID=552&CategoryID=19&ItemGroupTypeID=1

 

[TimmyBoston]

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_gear/bands_balls_weights/super_kit.do

I was looking at this set. The weight is right, I'm looking for a few that will cover from Around 20 to up around 50 pounds. But I'm worried about these handles cracking just like the few I've bought. Those were from Dick's Sporting Goods, I think the company was GoFit.

 

[ambrose]

This is what I really want

http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/

A friend of mine a trainer at the gym has one and man that thing is amazing.

 

[SRock]

I've only ever used resistance bands for physical therapy after an injury. Personally I think you'd be better off with dumbbells for most exercises.

 

[SRock]

This is what I really want

http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/

A friend of mine a trainer at the gym has one and man that thing is amazing.

Oddly enough I have a close friend who is a former Navy SEAL (10 years) and all he does is run and train with this system. Not a resistance band per se (as Tim asked), but I could see the benefits using this system.

 

[Kratos]

A matter of days, wow. Even my Wal-Mart bands held up better than that. The handles seem to be the weak link. Those beach body sets should hold up. At least there's a money-back guarantee. You can recoup your losses if they crap out on you in a couple weeks or so.
That suspension system looked promising. I prefer weight myself, ar at least some kind of weighted resistance. Another great travel/home idea is the Iron Gym... Man, as many times as I've plugged this thing here I should get some royalties or something.

 

[thunder54]

Check out www.monkeybargym.com. They have all sorts of stuff you might be looking for. the Lifeline bands are really good. I have seen many amatuer wrestlers and mma guys use these items.

 

[Stubblefield]

About the only ones that don't break on a regular basis are the ones sold by IronMind. The set is more of an old-school resistance band set, of the type popular in the 30s-40's.

 

[renoles]

check out www.monkeybargym.com. They have all sorts of stuff you might be looking for. The lifeline bands are really good. I have seen many amatuer wrestlers and mma guys use these items.

+1

 

[ouch]

There goes Timmy bragging again- "I keep ripping these resistance bands."

Previous Timmyisms:
Do they make heavy duty barbells? Mine keeps bending.
Do they make plates over 100 lbs?
My weight bench is only rated for 2,000 lbs. Will I need a sturdier one?

 

[The Nid Hog]

Once in a while, I go to Play It Again Sports and buy a couple of meters of their surgical bands. It's just a wide strip of rubber that comes in varying strengths. Anyway, I get the heaviest one and make a loop out of it. Then I attach the loop to my pull up bar with a barrel hitch. If I'm doing a pull-up intensive workout, I can put a foot on it and use it to get up again once I can't do any more dead hangs. It's the poor man's gravitron.

My next door neighbor was a personal trainer and she suggested these as a low cost, easily replaceable alternative to expensive premade bands.

 

[strat1117]

I'm here to join the Resistance. Where do I sign up?

 

[ambrose]

I'm here to join the Resistance. Where do I sign up?

There goes Timmy bragging again- "I keep ripping these resistance bands."

Previous Timmyisms:
Do they make heavy duty barbells? Mine keeps bending.
Do they make plates over 100 lbs?
My weight bench is only rated for 2,000 lbs. Will I need a sturdier one?

 

[missnu]

Get away from all of the gimmicky stuff.

 

[PTurchan]

I would go with either of these brands, though not necessarily through their websites:
http://www.jumpstretch.com/
or
http://www.ironwoodyfitness.com/

 

[rabidpotatochip]

This is what I really want

http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/

A friend of mine a trainer at the gym has one and man that thing is amazing.

I've been looking at those too. They're supposed to be good for people with knee injuries.

 

[Mr. Clean]

I'm here to join the Resistance. Where do I sign up?

Resistance is futile!









IronGym eh? Really doesn't tear the trim from the door facing?

 

[Obsessed]

Resistance is futile!

(only because I didn't think of it first . . .)

 

[Deputy Unicorn]

The bands from BeachBody hold up rather nicely, my girl friend uses them about everyother day. Personally I'm a big fan of plyometrics and calisthenics, I also use a product called a Russian KettleBell. I was introduced to them in the military, and IMO you will not find a better system for total body fitness. There is a reason they have been around for hundreds of years, yet the only people who use them are those who "normal people" would consider fitness "elites".

Not for the faint of heart, but amazing none-the-less.