Black Mountain Products Resistance Band Set with Door Anchor, Ankle Strap, Exercise Chart, and Resistance Band Carrying Case

by Black Mountain Products

• Bands Included: Yellow: 2-4 lbs., Blue: 4-6 lbs., Green: 10-12 lbs., Black: 15-20 lbs., Red: 25-30 lbs
• 1. Any band can be used together at one-time to create multiple levels of resistance. (4lbs-75lbs)
• Features metal clipping system on bands for attaching to soft-grip handles or ankle straps
• Includes a door anchor, carrying bag, ankle strap and starter guide
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
• All Black Mountain Products resistance bands come with a manufacturer?s warranty

Product Description

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Resistance bands, also known as exercise bands, fitness tubes, and resistance cords, are a great way to add variety to your strength training routine. Black Mountain Products resistance bands are made from high quality, natural latex material to ensure maximum life. Each resistance band set comes with a soft cushioned foam handles for comfort during exercise. Resistance bands are an excellent alternative to free weights, workout machines, and traditional body weight exercises. Training with Black Mountain Products resistance bands may assist with rehabilitative exercises, fat loss, building muscle and are ideal for travel.

What's in the box?
This set includes:

• Cushioned foam handles
• Door anchor
• Carrying bag
• Ankle strap
• Starter guide
• Five bands of varying resistance:
  • Yellow = 2-to-4 pounds
  • Blue = 4-to-6 pounds
  • Green = 10-to-12 pounds
  • Black = 15-to-20 pounds
  • Red = 25-to-30 pounds

Benefits of Working with Resistance Bands
In addition to being bulky and immobile, free weights are often limited in the number of exercises you can perform. Resistance bands, on the other hand, offer a surprisingly varied number of training exercises by simply changing your bodily position in order to change the tension on your muscles. Bands take up little space, are mobile, and easy to use on any fitness level.

Warranty
This Black Mountain Products item includes a limited 90-day manufacturer's warranty against defects in materials and workmanship.

About Black Mountain Products
Black Mountain Products manufactures and distributes high-quality home exercise equipment, with a complete line of resistance bands and doorway chin-up bars designed to deliver results in the comfort and convenience of your home, particularly when paired with home exercise programs such as P90X.

Product Description

Black Mountain Products (B.M.P.) resistance bands are made from the highest quality rubber to ensure maximum life. This set of resistance bands includes five stackable resistance bands, two handles, door anchor, carrying bag, and exercise manual. This set of exercise bands optimizes the advantage of using any single or multiple (1-5) bands at once to achieve multiple levels of resistance. B.M.P.'s stackable set of exercise bands allow for a much wider range of resistance, (4lbs to 75lbs) then traditional resistance bands sets. Any combination of bands may be used at one time, without the hassles of having multiple handles on each band. This increase in range and ease of use makes this set perfect for anyone from beginners and experts. Stackable bands allow you to achieve the highest levels of resistance possible.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 7 x 6 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Origin: Made in USA
• ASIN: 7245456313
• Item model number: 0B-0H2M-3FIB
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (947 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #1 in Sports & Outdoors > Exercise & Fitness > Accessories > Exercise Bands

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

244 of 262 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Started great but beginning to disappoint November 9, 2011

By J. Hostetler

Amazon Verified Purchase

I bought these bands to use with Tony Horton's 10-Minute Trainer. For the most part these are great until you have to do a military press or an overhead tricep curl. These exercises require you to stand on the middle of the band and push all the way up until your arms are fully extended. For these exercises, the bands are too short for me and I worry how long they'll last if I keep stretching them that far. I'm 6'0" tall, so someone shorter might not have any problem. If you're 6' or taller, I would find something longer because these will disappoint. The B-Line bands used by Tony Horton for P90x and his other videos appear to be roughly twice as long as these.

These are good quality bands though. The grommets are strong and the clips are metal and thus, less prone to breaking. The door attachment and ankle accessory work fine. The "instruction manual" is a little sparse and simplistic but you can't expect too much there. Suspiciously, I noticed that none of the exercises show the bands being lifted any higher than shoulder length.

EDIT: I increased my review to a 4 star after using the bands a while longer and speaking to their customer service. I also got a free orange band for my call. According to customer service the bands can actually stretch safely up to 5 times their original size (their max stretch is about 40 ft. although this makes them unusable). After 3 weeks of overhead use they still show no signs of wear or tear.

EDIT: Still on the fence about these. After 6 weeks of use I had to get the red band replaced after seeing several tears appear. Now I'm seeing tears in the black band and one tear in the new red band already. As far as I know I'm not using them inappropriately but I may have to go ahead and return the whole set.

73 of 76 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent bands for travel May 11, 2012

By Willie V. Hughes

Amazon Verified Purchase

I love this set of exercise bands. I purchased them on a recommendation from my personal trainer for use when I stay at hotels without a full gym. Any hotel room with a door will allow me to do 90% of the exercises I normally do. All these bands roll up into a nice bag for travel and the whole kit is fairly lightweight.

I think the lighter gauge bands are pretty useless for strength training unless you are a petite woman, child, or doing some rehabilitative work. I'm not exactly sure who uses a 2lb band. Maybe for stretching? But the red and black bands are heavier gauge and excellent for male strength training.

There are a lot of reviews here on Amazon complaining that the bands eventually wear-out or break. They are supposed to. They stretch and, after repeated stretching, yes, they will wear out. Good. That means you are using them and your muscles are getting a workout. Quit whining. Buy a few more replacement bands. Wear them out too.

The company that makes these bands appears pretty solid. In the package I received, there was a coupon for a free extra orange band which was even a heavier gauge than the black band. I'm looking forward to receiving it, and I think the company offering it at no charge was a very nice touch.

67 of 74 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Shoulder Rehab April 19, 2012

By Mikeyp

Amazon Verified Purchase

First off, I am 24 y/o, 190lbs, 6'1". Owned the product for well over a month now and I'm using it regularly 3-5 times a week. I messed my shoulder up pretty good at work and so I had to see a physical therapist for a month. After the 6 meetings with my PT, I decided to buy these resistance bands after seeing how EVERYTHING I could do at the PT, I could easily perform at home for free. These bands really impressed me, although my expectations were low since I just needed them to do a few simple exercises for my shoulders. I've been working out with weights since I went to college, but these bands allow me to work out my muscles in many different angles that I couldn't accomplish with weights at home, and it does it in a much safer way. Once I get my shoulder back to where I want it, I'll probably return to my weights, but until then these will be perfect for my rehab.

So in short-
The Good: cheaper/safer than weights, great for rehabing, endless exercises you can perform with them, door mount is awesome (the ankle mount/handles included aren't very useful in my opinion)

The Bad: I'm not a fan of having to combine the bands to increase resistance, only 1 set of handles for all bands

I doubt you'll find a better set of resistance bands for the price so go for it!