Where to Buy Fitness/Stretch/Power Bands

hadoken13

As the subject infers, I am looking to buy fitness/stretch/power bands to warm up, stretch before weight lifting.

I bought crappy ones on Argos that broke after a few weeks and I am need to get longer lasting ones. I was looking at power bands on D8 fitness but I have no idea of what size ones to get as I have no idea what strength the bands have. I am looking for stretching mainly i.e. band over head, bit of give, bring hands behind back and back up again, band under feet, grip up to knees and walk left and right etc. I am also looking for bands for pulling exercises i.e. band tied and then pull towards face, over shoulders etc.

Jimmy Iovine

Could you go into D8 and try them out?

Alf Veedersane

hadoken13 wrote: »

As the subject infers, I am looking to buy fitness/stretch/power bands to warm up, stretch before weight lifting.

I bought crappy ones on Argos that broke after a few weeks and I am need to get longer lasting ones. I was looking at power bands on D8 fitness but I have no idea of what size ones to get as I have no idea what strength the bands have. I am looking for stretching mainly i.e. band over head, bit of give, bring hands behind back and back up again, band under feet, grip up to knees and walk left and right etc. I am also looking for bands for pulling exercises i.e. band tied and then pull towards face, over shoulders etc.

The 13mm red power band in D8 sounds like what you're looking for. I use it a lot for band pull aparts, shoulder dislocates etc

ted1

There is a physio supply shop in ringsend that have a good selection

hadoken13

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Could you go into D8 and try them out?

Might not be up there for a while. Probably would make sense to test them out in the shop if that option is available there.

hadoken13

ted1 wrote: »

There is a physio supply shop in ringsend that have a good selection

Do they have an online shop?

Alf Veedersane

hadoken13 wrote: »

Do they have an online shop?

Physioneeds.biz

But the red power band in D8 is €6 anyway and is good quality

hadoken13

Ended up getting a band in D8 after.

Alf Veedersane

hadoken13 wrote: »

Ended up getting a band in D8 after.

Was it what you wanted?

hadoken13

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Was it what you wanted?

Ye just the job. Tough and rigid, but flexible with enough tension to do what I want.

Gumbo

Guys, would you recommend a band to try aid with pull ups?

Mellor

kceire wrote: »

Guys, would you recommend a band to try aid with pull ups?

That's completely dependent on your weight and strength.
Some people might need a black band, somebody else might need a red.