Black Mountain Products New Strong Man Set of 6 Resistance Bands

deje de ir al gimnasio por una lesion y este es un buen reemplazo para volver a la actividad fisica. No se que tan buena sea para subir de masa muscular

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Recieved product and the ankle strap was not included.

First off, I've been a member of a gym for more than 20 years. As I get older, and my kids get bigger, it just gets hard to take the time to get to the gym, so I finally decided that once I started to fall into the "once every two weeks" category, I dropped my gym membership and bought these set of bands (also taking a Jujutsu class).First off, I don't know if I would really call these "strong man" bands. I have to double up the two heaviest bands to get an appreciable amount of resistance. These bands don't really support this doubling, so I'm basically holding two handles in each hand. There are some exercises where a single band does fine. Of course, your experience will vary with your strengths and goals.The best thing about these is that they are handy. I worked out 3 times a week the first two weeks I had them, and started to feel like I was getting back into shape. Not as much a 'strong' feeling like I got from real free weights, but an overall healthy, toned feeling.There are plenty of differences with normal free weights. For example, the range of motion on the bands is supposed to provide constant resistance, where a free weight at times may not (like, if you 'toss' the weight up, or reach a balance point. But, freeweights also tend to exercise in other ways, such as keeping balance and rotation using different muscles. Other exercises like calf and leg exercises don't seem really possible with bands (as far as I've seen, there just isn't enough resistance).If I had the time, I would still go to the gym instead of using these bands. It's a mindset where once you're in the gym, you're there to work. Working out at home, it's easy to fall prey to the TV and a chocolate chip cookie. Stay focused, work hard, and these bands really pay off.

Bought these for P90x and love them. Even though the max weight is 30-40 lbs, that's plenty for a P90x workout.These are indeed, the highest quality workout bands I've ever used, hands down. First off, the bands are not too long, which is a common problem. They are just the right length so you don't have to loop them and step on them to shorten them. The bands are not going to come out of the handles; they are securely in the handle. The handles are hard plastic and look and feel as though they can take plenty of abuse.On the instruction sheet there is a chart that shows what band color corresponds to what weight. There are also exercises listed on the instructions. I wish that they included a small, high quality laminated sheet that I could put on my wall that shows the band color/weight chart; that'd be nice. Right now I have the instructions taped to the wall that show the band color/weight chart and it's pretty ghetto looking.There is one issue though that may be a concern for some, but I didn't mark the product down because I knew it going into it. The strongest cable tops out around 30-40 lbs, so if you need more weight, you can't add weight/other bands. Some other band sets allow you to add multiple bands to one handle, but that's impossible to do with these. The bands are fixed to the handles, so if you want to use two bands together, you're essentially going to have to hold 4 handles, and that's really hard to do because they are big handles. But the other side of the coin is that this is one reason why these bands are so good, is because those parts that can break off with being able to add bands are eliminated. Like I said, I knew this going into it so it's not a flaw, but might be something that you don't like.If you have any questions, just ask in the comments and I'll try and respond promptly.