WOD Nation Pull Up Assistance Bands (10-175lbs Band) – Best for Pullup Assist, Chin Ups, Resistance Bands Exercise, Stretch, Mobility Work & Serious Fitness – 41 inch Straps

Shoulder rehab and front squats.
I may have already written a review of these but I’m going to get straight to the point here. It’s a giant purple rubber band that does a bit of everything. I’ve found a way to work on my front squats since I’ve moved to calisthenics from weight lifting. Over head is… Hard. Standing at about five foot ten five foot eleven ( I haven’t measured myself in a while, i’m 17, still growing ), I’m not going to risk it, plus i’d snap either a delt or the band trying to hold it up. I’m about 230lbs, between 19 and 23% body fat. I look 19 in the mornings and at bed 23-24. So i’m not quite a chubby guy, I’ve got a decent amount of mass. I CAN’T DO PULL UPS AT ALL! I should have gone with the green or blue band to help me. I have a Soozier Power Tower (I think that’s what it’s called) and I have two five or ten pound resistance bands from maybe 06′ and the Purple WOD band. I can’t quite get all the way up but it can almost get me there. My word of advice IF YOU CAN’T DO PULL UPS, over compensate a bit. If you think you need to shed 40 or 50 pounds of your body weight to do a pull up, move up one color or get both. PUSHUPS with this thing sweet jelly beans! It only took me two semesters and a 3 month summer vacation of laziness (video games and eating) to go from a 130lb bench to a 205 ( nothing spectacular but i’m playing with the big plates. With my body weight plus the purple band I feel like i’m benching between 180 and 205, maybe more. I’ve been training back a bit more since I got graded on lifts that didn’t involve back strength… What is a weight lifter without a dominant back?…. One with issues *knock. on. freaking. wood.* I injured my back on baby weight deadlifts. If you have noticed your neck or a muscle around your shoulder/shoulder blade is sore, get one of these bands between the lightest and the purple (red and purple), use it to mobilize your shoulders by holding it with a wide grip and move it from your waist to as far back as possible without straining. Next, move your hands to the inside edges of the band, hold on to it and move your hands with palms facing down apart form each other. You can do a variation of this movement that works rear delts to target your inner trapezius, help tighten rhomboids and how you do that is essentially do what is described above but use your elbows as if you’re doing a row. Keep your lats tight and with your arms out infront of you, drive your elbows back horizontally. The band should be on your chest in the finished motion. Don’t let the band jerk your hands back but if you can’t help it, it’s okay. I don’t have a doubt that this band would shrivel up and snap anytime soon. WOD Nation bands have my business.

Excellent product, possible problem….
A positive review, with one questionable issue (at bottom)My 15yo daughter could not do a single pullup. She was too weak to do negatives, so I bought a WOD Red and Black bands. We wrapped them around the pull-up bar and back through themselves, so she can put her foot through them and help her get her chin over the bar.With one end wrapped around the bar and a foot on the band, it is easy to stretch these bands over 9’ in length. My kids were scared of them, but not as much after I showed them they did not break with me.I highly encourage you to buy a complete set. Spend the money, and take advantage of the 15% discount WOD offers. I tried to be smart, and only bought the RED (10-35#) and BLACK (30-60#), thinking that 95# would be enough.It isn’t. Using both the Red and Black bands simultaneously, my daughter still cannot complete a single pull-up.These bands are not rubber, but some sort of polymer.PROBLEM: I used the black band the day it arrived, and it was perfect. The next morning, I found it broken in two (two breaks) with both pieces on the floor. It looked like it snapped, with multiple shark tooth serrations on the corners near the break. Perhaps my young boys snapped it like a rubber band (they deny it), but the net result is it was defective. I emailed WOD Nation and they sent a replacement, free of charge, which has performed flawlessly.Since we don’t have enough ‘band’ yet, I tied the larger broken piece of black band together and we are using that as an additional assistance. It works, but is clearly defective, either from a snap, or chemically, as additional shark teeth have been forming.If you get a bad one, contact WOD Nation for a free replacement. Does anyone know whether this is an OE or Manufacturing defect?Still 5 stars. Daughter can barely do 5 pullups, with all three bands, and getting stronger. She also wears a life jacket (padding) and uses both the Red and Black bands while doing push-ups. Exercise is awesome.

The WOD NATION band is great! I recently received it and the quality of the band is good. It has a wide variety of uses and is a must have item for your exercise routine. I was pleasantly surprised when I received as a bonus videos by WOD Nation’s very own Coach Barry teaching how to use the resistance bands safely and effectively.

I have never been able to do more than 1 pull-up. I decided to give these bands a try to gain more strength and proper form. These bands are great. They only give you “just enough” assistance. I have improved so much in a short time and foresee a future of unassisted pull-ups is getting close. WOD Nation was also very helpful and sent videos to show me how to get the most out of the resistance bands. Would recommend this company to anyone.

Se siente muy resistente y de excelente fabricación. Me ha servido muy bien para complementar las pesas y ligas de otros grosores. Enorme beneficio a largo plazo a bajo costo.