About this product
This is a set of resistance bands covering a range of strengths, for strength training, mobility work and rehabilitation.
Bands resist differently from weights, and the difference is useful. A dumbbell is hardest where gravity has the most leverage over the joint – typically in the middle of the movement – and easiest at the top. A band is the opposite: the further you stretch it the harder it pulls, so the resistance peaks at the end of the range. That end range is exactly where most people are weakest and where the stabilising muscles do their work, which is why bands are the standard tool for shoulder rehabilitation, glute activation and anything involving small stabilising muscles.
They also solve problems weights cannot. A band anchored to a door gives you horizontal pulling and pressing without a cable machine. It gives resistance in rotation, which a dumbbell does poorly. And it weighs nothing, so the whole set travels in hand luggage – which for anyone who travels for work is the difference between training and not.
What bands do not do well is heavy, straightforward loading. If you want to get strong at squatting and pressing, you will eventually need weight. Bands complement that rather than replacing it.
Two safety points. Check the band for nicks and small tears before each use – a band that fails under tension snaps back hard and towards your face. And never anchor one to something that can move: a door handle, a chair leg or a table is not an anchor.
Latex perishes in heat and sunlight. Keep them out of a hot car and out of direct sun, and they will last years rather than months.
Resistance Bands Set - Home Workout and Rehabilitation Kit