HAPBEARPull Up Assistance Bands - Resistance Band - Pull Up Bands - Exercise Bands Resistance Bands Set of 5 - Workout Bands for Working Out, Stretching, Physical Therapy, Muscle Training

No complaints so far, these are great bands. Super good quality, good length and thickness. I have not pushed the limits testing the accuracy of the weight resistance on these but they seem sturdy! I would definitely recommend these bands. Their price point is quite a bit higher than some other similar sets but I do think it is worth the price increase due to the quality alone. The others always feel like they are too thin and about to snap and I don't get that feeling with these ones! Would definitely recommend.

These bands are easy to use for assisted pull-ups and chin-ups. Simply make a loop over the bar and run the other end through it. Now you have a loop into which you set your knee. These come in a carry pouch, so you can easily store them or take them with you to a gym or other training location. They are, like bands generally, versatile. You can use them for much more than chinning bars.But let's talk about chinning bar use, so you can see just how beneficial these are.My weight training is based on supersets and very short rests between them. This keeps metabolic stress high, thereby inducing a greater adaptive response (my testosterone tests and other metrics prove this). The problem is this is very exhausting (and thus the metabolic stress) and my muscles operate on less than a full charge. So I use less weight to get the same celluar damage and same time under tension, which is good because there's less stress on joints and tendons.But with bodyweight exercises, which give you some advantages that you can't get any other way, there's a problem. You have to use your body weight! And it's not something you can reduce. You can increase the rest period (and lose that metabolic stress), decrease volume (and lose that time under tension), reduce the range of motion (lose functional fitness), or cheat on form (and inevitably get injured). All are poor options.I have tried workarounds, such as splitting up chinning bar work in that session. For example, I start my back and biceps workout with four sets of pull-ups supersetted with four sets of full-range dumbbell curls. Then I end it (after doing other supersetted exercises for the lats and biceps) with two sets of chin-ups supersetted with two sets of decline curls and then two sets of chin-ups supersetted with two sets of hammer curls. The problem is I can't get any volume on those pull-ups after the first set, same with chin-ups. So my time under tension suffers.These bands solve that problem. I can use one color of band (each color denotes a different strength) for my pull-ups, and get some good volume in there. This ended one frustration I have had for many years. By the time I get to the chin-ups, I need a stronger band because my lats are toasted and my arms aren't doing so great either. The bands allow me to get exactly what I need from my workout. I get all three factors for hypertrophy (metabolic stress, time under tension, cellular damage), the full range of motion (necessary for balanced development and useful strength), and good form (necessary to target specific muscles and to avoid injury).I have about 10 months until my next fitness photoshoot. With these bands, I can now pursue the fullness I want in my back but could not get due to not being able to adjust my weight for the aforementioned full body exercises. Now I can dial those in.Having learned from the back and biceps workout how useful these are, I'm looking into other applications. Things such as replacing dumbbell flyes with a band exercise. The flyes are good for stretching the pecs and opening the chest, and I think that might be better done with a band-based exercise.

I mostly use the largest band in this set as a pull up assist & it works excellent for that. I learned a couple tricks for using this style of band for a pull up assist:1- Simply tie a Girth Hitch (aka Cow Hitch, see pic + youtube it) with the resistance band around the pull up bar & put one knee in the hanging loop.2- Use an extra large jumbo carabiner from Harbor Freight or Amazon to attach the band to the pull up bar & then you have a better chance of getting your foot into the hanging loop with some pulling on the band & raising of your foot. For added assistance you could do a Girth Hitch on the extra jumbo carabiner but you will likely have to move the hitch and re position the carabiner wide side down once it's clipped to the pull up bar. After the workout you also may have to manually untie the Girth Hitch to get it off the carabiner if the pull up bar + band is blocking the carabiner's springed gate piece from opening.Tip: If possible when using a jumbo carabiner: with the carabiner attached to the band *put your foot in the band loop first, THEN while keeping tension on the band raise your foot with the band & stretch the band until the carabiner can clip to the pull up bar. These tips may not work in every situation but they can be helpful. If you are over 5'-6" tall then a lot of the exercises will probably work best with one or two feet INSIDE the the band loop instead of one or two feet on the outer two sides of the band loop. Furthermore in my case I found exercises like shoulder press worked better one arm at a time so I recommend experimenting & watching YouTube instruction videos if you are new to these type of resistance bands. They have been working great as a portable fitness solution so far.