Portable Fitness Equipment – Workout Solutions by The Blake Blaster

Since I purchased this product several weeks ago, I have noticed significant improvement with the flexibility in my lower back. I average three 20 minute workouts per week and I enjoy the exercises because the equipment is extremely light weight and very convenient to use. I purchased this Blaster with the extra set of green bands and have just recently requested the black bands in order to strengthen some of my major muscle groups now that I am 60 and traveling more frequently and unable to make it to the gym as often as I would like to. Having a complete set of bands will now allow me to focus on those areas which I would like to concentrate on. As an avid golfer and tennis player, I have also noticed an increase of 10-15 yards in my distances and greater power with my tennis serve and ground strokes. More importantly, I feel that my health is overall improving and despite some of my back problems, the pain appears to be diminishing with time. Lastly, I would highly recommend this product because of it's convenience and price!

So you'd think this fitness gadget would be targeted for all exercisers, but it's not! You see, this wedge with cords comes with one set of resistance cords that I would consider Easy/Beginner/Yellow, which means there is a lot of stretch to it, so that when it is fully stretched out above your head level, you can feel the resistance. That would be fine and dandy if your focus are on exercises like the Tricep Extension or overhead press. But if your focus is to use it for squatting (which is what it's intended for) and bicep curls or other such combo moves, where you are not stretching the cord all the way, but at midline, then there is no resistance. Now, the company does sell separately 2 other sets of resistance cords considered medium and heavy, which I bought in Amazon at the same time I bought the Blakeblaster thru HSN (HSN sells it for less than half the price on Amazon). I tried the Medium/Green resistance cords, and at my height of 5' 10", I could almost stretch the cord above my head with good resistance at midline and above my head, however, I felt that the cord could snap off the wedge base (or the wedge base would break in half) if I had stretched the green/medium cord any more because the wedge is made out of a hollow core thin plastic. Extremely flimsy. For your safety, this wedge needs to be more solid. Not worth the full price here or the clearance price on HSN. I even tried the black/heavy resistance cord and even trying to stretch that cord to midline during a squat was equally dangerous because the wedge could break or the cord could snap off. I believe if you are using this gadget for rehab or are a senior, then the yellow band might be adequate. Emphasis here is "MIGHT". But with all of these shortcomings, this is not a worthwhile purchase. I am returning everything back. It comes with a CD with some introductory 3min, 7min, and 12min workouts that are also loaded up on their website and a poorly copied black and white instruction sheet/ (very thin poor quality paper) on how to do some of the moves. All in all, a great singular concept but poorly executed. The wedge needs to be constructed of a higher density solid material and the cords need to be a few inches longer (for the medium/heavy cords), the yellow/easy cord should be a few inches shorter. And for the price they are charging, ALL the cords should be included in the set!!! And full color poster on quality paper of most exercises that can be done on this. For now, this is definitely a MISS. Can't recommend. Don't Buy.

Great for workout on the go. Portable while challenging.