JSW Powerlifting Band Jump Stretch Flex Band

Having decided I must get in shape about a year ago, I like many others started a basic fitness routine that included simple body weight exercises like Push-ups, Pull-ups and Squats. My Push-ups and Squats have progressed great. I've got more endurance, definition, and overall strength from doing those exercises. Pull-ups went nowhere for me though. I started out doing negatives by standing on a stool to get up to the peak position, then slowly lowering myself down. Over time I did get strong enough to do a few of these, but I hit a plateau and had not progressed in several months.I tried a few different things, including doing pull-ups on my wife's Total Gym, tying a dumbbell to my belt with some rope to act as a counter weight, and switching between chin-ups and push-ups randomly. While those methods seemed to help a little, none of them provided a clear path of increased strength. I asked around the fitness forum I belong to and got a couple of responses pointing me to the Jump Stretch bands. I picked mine up from Amazon and it showed up a few days later. No hassle, fast shipping. Awesome.I decided on this one specifically because I wanted just enough assistance to break my plateau. For reference, I am 6'2" and 215 lbs with body fat between 15% and 20%. The first day I got the band, I looped it over and through my bar and did a set. The resistance was just about perfect. Talking with the folks on the fitness forum, I was also advised to start doing pull-ups 4-5 days a week instead of 1-3. Some lifting plans focus on one heavy pulling workout per week. If you already have sufficient strength to tax your muscles, that might work fine. If you work a desk job and have weak pulling strength like I do, you may find more regular work will help you build muscle and endurance.Anyway, once I got the band, I started a new program - 5 consecutive days a week, I do three sets of assisted Chin-ups (palms facing towards me) using the Jump Stretch band. When I started, I could do a total of 6 reps before I broke form and could not complete another full rep. So, my program was 3 sets of 3 reps once per day. The next week, I went up to 3 sets of 4 reps, and so on. Now a month later, I'm up to 3 sets of 6 and I can do several unassisted Chin-ups with proper form. I'm going to keep this going until I can do 3 x 12, then start over with assisted Pull-ups (palms facing away from me). I will repeat the pattern until I can do 3 x 12 on the Pull-ups. At that point, I can start over yet again without any assistance from the band. If I'm still having trouble, I may pick up one of the smaller bands, but I doubt I will need it.I've tried all the popular versions of the assisted pull-up/chin-up and this one seems to be the golden ticket for me. I'm a big guy and I've never worried at all that the band will snap during loading. This thing is solid as a rock and it shipped quickly. It does exactly what I needed it to do. If you're looking to increase your pull-ups, I can't recommend it enough.

This fitness band is everything it needs to be. Sturdy, well made, and without the brand name or YouTube mark up.

This has been very helpful for me to use when stretching my legs and working on flexibility activities. It also has been very sturdy and hasn't degraded since I purchased it.

Not sure they are the actual jump stretch brand bands. Was looking at the one in the picture had the lable, mine did not. May have paid extra for a knock off or got a deal on the real thing, but I won't ever know.

Wanted to add that these can be used for so much more than just pull-up assistance (though they are great for that). If you have a pull up bar wrap them around and do tricep extensions, chest flys, and ab crunches. Pretty much any exercise you can do from the top pulley on a cable machine can be done with these. Put them under your feet and you can do curls, wrap them around your neck/shoulders and do good mornings, widen your stance and do squats. If your gym has kettle bells then use these to hang kettle bells off a barbell or ez-curl bar when you bench press, curl, skull crush etc. It will work your stabilizer muscles in conjunction with whatever movement you're training (if you're really insane and want to test your stability replace the bar with a section of PVC pipe). Get creative! There really is quite a bit you can do with these, easily one of my favorite fitness products.Also, I wouldn't recommend purchasing higher than 50lbs. If you need more resistance just get multiple bands. I personally have 2x50lbs and 2x35lbs. This allows me to increment my resistance quite nicely.

Does the job well. I bought this to assist with high rep sets of pullups. I've been wanting to try these for years, and I was suprised how well they work.

I'm a Crossfitter (shout out to the rest of you looking for bands on Amazon!) and wanted some pretty thick bands for pull-up assistance, just like the ones we use at the gym.Look no further, these are the ones. Nice, thick, sturdy and evenly pliable.Not much more to say, I think you already know if this is what you are looking for or not.

I use this to do some mobility stretches while I'm laying on the couch in front of the TV. Makes me feel a little more productive.Feels nice and strong, like it will last a long time. Haven't tried it for assisted pull-ups yet. When they put a TV in front of the neighborhood pull-up bar, maybe I will.