Flex Active Sports Resistance Loop Bands - Set of 5 Fitness Exercise Bands for Fitness Workouts - Stretching and Physical Therapy

I was really excited to receive these bands in the mail couple of days ago. The first time I used it, it felt really thin and I was scared that it might snap on me, so I wasn't able to thoroughly test it out. The second time of use, I stretched it out a little further and unfortunately it snapped on me and ended up slapping me on the leg. I really wanted to love this product but unfortunately it didn't work out for me and I wasn't able to test its potential.

After having the Flex Active Sports Resistance Loop Bands recommended by a fitness trainer, I ordered them from Amazon. You see the representation - Flex Active Sports logo/branding all over the bands and the bag and the user manual. When in reality, I have five different colored bands that are blank - generic - and a black bag which is blank - generic - and a black and white blank manual - not photo such as the one represented. Again - generic. Returning immediately. THIS is one of the things I HATE about Amazon, they allow sellers to ship out inferior products, they allow sellers to misrepresent. And they do nothing to stop them.

Very happy with this purchase. I've only used the bands twice in the roughly 10 days since I received them, but they are exactly what I wanted to use for leg/hip-strengthening exercises. I prefer these to long non-loop bands, because they don't have to be tied into a circle to do exercises like clamshells, which leaves extra length flopping around that either has to be trimmed or just endured (and possibly tripped on if doing something like side-steps). The 5 bands, which are packed into a nifty little storage pouch, range from light to extra heavy, and the differences in tension provide a definite path to more challenging work. They are clearly marked so that there's no doubt about the gradations, unlike the bands I bought several months ago, which have no marking at all as guides to tension. Since I've had the bands only a short time, I can't speak with authority on durability, but at this point I have no reason to doubt that they'll last for a reasonable time. The accompanying brochure has some good suggestions for exercises that I hadn't thought of doing with bands. And the price was right.

I bought these for home physical therapy exercises. The quality is amazing. Only thing to note - the loop isn’t really large, so it works better for close-circuit exercises. Might be tough/impossible to do a lunge with it around your ankles, for example (not sure anyone would want to do that anyway), but could easily shuffle side to side with it around the ankles, do clams, etc.

Excellent quality product! Great for leg exercises. However, I would not recommend Flex Active bands to exercise your arms. This is why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars. The band do not stretch far enough apart to do the many arm exercises that I normally do. I will use the Flex Active bands, an excellent quality band for my leg exercises only and go back Black Mountain tube bands for my arm exercises. I can now add extra leg exercise using the Flex Active stretch bands to my band stretch workouts that I could not do with my Black Mountain tube bands Black Mountain Stretch tube Bands are another high quality product! I Highly recommend purchasing Black Mountain Stretch Bands along side Flex Active for a total body strength band workout. The nice thing is, I can pack all my stretch bands, Black Mountain and Flex Active bands, in the spacious storage bag that came with my Black Mountain Bands and travel with the stretch bands not taking up much space in my luggage!

I have nothing to campare these to since this is the first time I purchased and used resistance loop bands. They were recommended by a reputable tennis pro. It comes with an instruction booklet with several types of exercises explained, none of which are the reason I purchased them but seem like good exercises. I was quite sore after trying them so I think they did the job and I'm working muscles that need to be worked. I like the different levels of resistance. The green and blue hardly have any resistance and I don't see myself ever using those. Maybe there is a point to them, I just don't know what it is. I tried the black right away and for most exercises I had to go down to yellow or red. So, this is good for me to work up to black. I like that this takes up so very little space and can give me a good strength building workout.

Very happy I chose these bands! There were so many different kinds of bands offered that it was a tough decision! I have been taking them with me to my physical therapy sessions! I like these better than the bands they gave me to work with! My PT likes them also and even showed me a few extra exercises I could do to strengthen my back!One negative though! The exercise sheet they give you with the bands is such poor quality print and very small print that it is hard to read! Come on guys, use 2 sheets of paper and better ink and larger print and larger photos! For what these bands cost, you can afford to give better exercise sheets! But they still deserve five gold stars for a very good product!

Whether you're a light-/heavy-weight or somewhere in between, Flex Active Sports (FAS) set of 5 Resistance Loop Bands for exercises is as advertised and I recommend this product without hesitation. When my FAS loop resistance bands arrived, I found them packaged conveniently to use immediately at home or drop in my purse to use when on the go. The FAS user instructions are well written and the exercises easy to follow. I look forward to stretching and strengthening my body using the Flex Active Sports set of 5 Resistance Loop Bands in my exercising and physical therapy routines. Added bonus, my hubby has started using the FAS bands too. We will definitely turn to V-Line Products and Flex Active Sports, LLC for our future needs!