Bodylastics Resistance Bands Review

Bodylastics Resistance Bands Home Gym

You may have seen the Bodylastics exercise bands advertised on TV and thought to yourself, "Boy does that thing look like a gimmick!"

You'd be right to think that at first glance, but I hate to break it to you - you're dead wrong, and here's why...

The Bodylastics resistance bands are a giant leap forward in resistance training compared to that old exercise tubing.

What is Bodylastics anyway?

For starters, what Bodylastics has done with their resistance bands is to package them with a 'smart' color coding system (each colored resistance band has a unique tension level), add swivel clips to the end of each exercise band to facilitate quick changes in resistance, and they've also included a number of attachments and extras that make the Bodylastics a complete home gym system that will almost fit in your wallet...

I had a chance to put the Bodylastics bands through their paces at a friends house recently, and I'll admit, I was skeptical at first to say the least.

I've always been a big supporter, and proponent, of using free weights and machines when I train, not to mention, I've tried the old style resistance bands and thought they were garbage.

My Bodylastics workout experience...

Let me tell you this, when I tried the Bodylastics gym, I was immediately impressed by the smooth resistance and hefty design of the tubing.

As I continued through my workout it became clear that Bodylastics put a lot of thought into the design and functionality of the gym and the attachments (handles, ankle straps and door anchor) all of which make the gym a breeze to use, even for a beginner with no experience.

I highly recommend the Bodylastics system, it's the best value in strength training under $100 (way under $100) and provides a solid workout that will challenge beginners and experts alike, without the need to invest in bulky, expensive home gyms and dumbbells.

The Bodylastics resistance exercise bands come in two flavors, the Bodylastics Basic, and the Bodylastics Max Tension (you can also order additional resistance bands directly from their website for a few bucks each if you need them)...

Bodylastics Gym Size, What You Get...

The Bodylastics gym is super compact, but can be hard to imagine from a generic picture.

To help emphasize how small and portable the Bodylastics system is, I've taken a couple pictures of my Bodylastics gym, spread out on my Smith machine to show you the contrast in size...

You can see the entire gym fits in a small shipping box (see picture above). When it arrived, I had to physically look in the box before I believed the entire gym was in there, it's very compact and easy to store in the included Velcro bag...

Here's a shot of the gym spread out over my bench so you can get another first hand look at its' size, the DVD is in the foreground, the colored resistance bands are in the plastic bag and the attachments are behind that...

The gym I ordered came with (2) handles and (2) ankle straps that connect to the any, or all, of the (5) colored bands with a quick change clip pictured below...

I got the Bodylastics Max Tension with the DVD as I felt it was a better value than the Basic Gym and more versatile with the extra resistance bands that are included.

You can get the Bodylastics Resistance Band Gym directly from the Bodylastics website and should expect you order to arrive in 2-3 days tops, their shipping is very speedy!

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