Expand-Your-Hand Bands
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Description of Expand-Your-Hand Bands
Relaxing to use and incredibly effective, Expand-Your-Hand Bands are perfect for everyone who uses his or her hands. If you're interested in maximum grip strength and sparkling hand health, our Expand-Your-Hand Bands are the fun, effective way to work your extensors, achieving the sort of muscle balance that will boost your strength and prevent, reduce, or cure the pains associated with arthritis, overuse, abuse, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Color-coded, progress from the easiest up to whatever level of resistance you require: use for warming up, prehab, rehab, or just plain relaxing. Our Expand-Your-Hand Bands are made of a durable latex-free and non-petroleum-based material that is UV and ozone resistant. Get ready to kiss that elbow pain goodbye.Sports reviews of Expand-Your-Hand Bands
Customer Review: Hard to Beat the Band
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Okay. Yes these are "rubber bands"- but that's okay, because bands made of rubber are one of the best ways to exercise the muscles that push your fingers up and out, and to a lesser degress extend your wrist. Sure you could go out and buy regular rubber bands. However finding really thick ones can be a problem, but the bigger issue is finding them in varying resistances. And progressive resistance is the whole key to getting your muscles stronger. Use the same band over and over and you'll never gain any strength. On the other hand, trying a little bit harder band gives the hand muscles a reason to grow stronger. That's why you get 5 sets of bands with varying resistances- sweet.
I highly recommend these little bands for a well rounded hand/forearm strengthening program. While most hand and forearm devices are aimed at improving your grip, few stop to think about improving the performance of the finger extensors and abductors which open the hand and are used a lot in many activities. Good for people who type a lot, play the guitar, or are trying to rehab their hand/wrist/elbow-give 'em a try! Also recommend Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow if you suffer from tennis elbow.
Customer Review: Great for increasing hand strength and flexibility
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
Like Mr Sprouffske, I got these bands along with a Captains of Crush gripper. I figured that with the gripper I would be working my hand muscles a certain way and it would be great to have something to work them in the exact opposite direction for greater mobility and strength. Hence these bands.
They work great! A lot of people work on computers all day long. Our hand muscles and wrists get tired, over-worked, and cramped from that work all day long. Even if you exercise regularly, your hands and forearms are still not getting a focused workout. That's where Ironmind's products come in. I have the 'Trainer' gripper and these bands and have been using them for a little while now. I feel increased strength in my grip and my forearms.
I work out twice a week with these (usually on my two days off from gym workouts) and use both the gripper and these bands together for a comprehensive forearm and hand workout. Both these products are super convenient to pack on a trip out of town as well, since they are so compact. Whether you work out regularly with weights or not, you will benefit from these products as good gripping strength is fundamental to most everything we do. Plus it will, I suspect, keep you from getting painful arthritis as you grow older.
Customer Review: A Quality Training Tool
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
These are a great supplement for forearm training. They are not the main tool, but they are not intended to be that.
They do a good job of working the wrist extensors. They are very portable so one can take them anywhere for a workout. The package comes with five different strength bands. The smaller ones would be good for rehabilitating an injury. The others are equipped to increase one's wrist strength.
In addition to these I would highly recommend that anyone serious about improving his/her forearm strength get some Captains of Crush grippers in the appropriate resistance levels for the forearm flexors. In order to determine which ones to get, the reader can go to the Ironmind web site and read up on the various models. Another superb forearm strength training tool is the IVANKO Super Hand Gripper Hand Strength Forearm.
Highly recommended!
Customer Review: They Really Work
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I was a little skeptical about this product at first. Honestly, who wants to pay for some really big rubber bands? I went ahead and purchased a set of these when I was purchasing a few other things from Ironmind and honestly I use these more than most other products.
These bands provide 5 different strengths and so that you may vary the resistance. In addition, unlike everyday rubber bands these are extremely durable and the perfect size. The smaller bands also work great as a rehabilitation tool for people with wrist or hand injuries. If you work with your hands on a regular basis and constantly find some residual pain in your hands, wrists or forearms you must try these out.
Overall this is an amazing, portable, workout. Once you try these you will be truly amazed at the difference they make.
Customer Review: Excellent therapy tool
Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy and am frequently looking for items that are specific and measurable. These bands allow me to show progression over time as well as offer a wide range of resistance. These are especially useful for improving thumb extension and abduction.
There are 5 pairs of bands with 5 levels of resistance. They do their job well for a reasonable price especially when looking for specific resistance. They are ideal for those who want to measure improvement. Regular rubber bands have so many imperfections and the resistance is not consistent from one to another.