Testimonials

A letter received on 19 August 2009 from the Great State of TEXAS.

Just wanted you to know that the bands we are using are amazing. We are seeing unbelievable results. I am talking about High School age girls here and the difference we are seeing in strength and endurance are phenomenal. I have been coaching 11 years, 10 with girls. We started working with your bands last spring during off season and continued with good regularity throughout the summer months. As official workouts began Aug 10 my staff and I were absolutely shocked at how strong our kids came in this year.

Here is what we are doing. without the help of bands we are doing: Incline bench Press, Super Cat Squats, and some medicine ball/exercise ball ab work.

With the bands we are doing: Triceps extensions, biceps curls, Fireman Pull, Hamstrings (where you face away from the band and put it around your chest then pull yourself back up to the up right position). Also we are doing assisted pull ups.

The Pull ups are the most amazing. These girls started out on the Blue band mostly with the exception of a few random outliers who were naturally strong. We ended the school year with no one on the blue bands.

During this mornings workout we had 6 out of 34 girls using no band at all on pull ups and 8 others using only the red bands. It was a big moment for our program.

We have also done some sprint work with the bands and a few inner and outer thigh exercises. The system is awesome. I have not had a chance to look at your new web site yet but I just wanted to let you know how well your system was working for us.

Thanks again for allowing us to Fall Bill last spring. Can you resend me a copy of the remaining balance so I can make sure you get paid in a timely manner?

Thanks again for all your help.

Sincerly,

Jason Cooper

Girls Athletic Coordinator

Sudan ISD

Sudan, TX 79371

Frank, the "Rubberband Gym" in my basement is working great, we love it. After following your instructions for a two week period. Justins, 5'4" 150# 6th grader, vertical jump increased 2". Mine? 3". We did squats on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for two consecutive weeks. We tested prior to the routine and the Wednesday of the third week. Worth the effort. We also used the wall unit for resisted running, shuffle and some of the many other exercises that can be down.. Great product, great price. Thanks.. Oh, by the way, installation was pretty easy."

K.M.
Mentor, Ohio

Mr. Calvin,
I wanted to write and thank you for the great equipment you provide. In late July I had surgical procedure on my shoulder called an "open mumford", in this procedure the doctor shaves back part of the clavicle and reattaches the soft tissue. Six weeks after the surgery my orthopedic surgeon was very excited at the progress I had made. My range of motion was much better than he would have thought it could have been at that time, and now in the beginning of October I am happy to report that my range of motion has exceeded my pre-injury range and I am still improving. The strength is back to my shoulder and I have no pain. The Bands allow me to do stretches and resistance training in ways I could not even imagine doing with free weights or machines in my gym. I am in the Navy so I travel constantly and work on ships (rolling makes a very unstable platform to lift traditional weights). Using these bands I can now workout safely and my equipment will fit in my desk drawer (if you've never been on a ship, storage space is in short supply) I am so happy with your system I gave away my free weights and now purchased a set of bands for myself. Thank you again.

J. L.
Virginia Beach, VA

Dear Frank,
I just wanted to drop you a quick note thanking you for the advice and assistance you gave me on my twisted ankle. I twisted my ankle both inversion and eversion rolling over second base in a softball game 3 weeks ago. Had x-rays less than 1 hour after injury. No breaks, but given crutches and the old stand by info, Rest, Ice Compression Elevation, Motrin x 3 day. The basic standard stuff. Well you know me and my type A personality I was off the crutches in 3 days and trying to walk and move like athletes want to do. I might not be 18 again but I won't let them see me sweat that's for sure. Well I was doing physical therapy for several weeks and doing the ice and Motrin. The no running for 3 weeks was killing me up until last week when I met with you and you placed the traction on the injury. To make a long story short I just wished I would have hooked up with you and jump stretch 3 weeks earlier. My pain is almost totally gone and I ran my first 5 K race since the injury just last Thursday. The doctors told me no running for at least 6 weeks. I wish some of these doc's would take a harder look at jump stretch and start thinking "out of the box".

Thanks again for your help and stay in touch.

P. K.
NAB Little Creek
Norfolk, VA

Frank, I have been using the average band for a few weeks now and it is very helpful in treating an ITB syndorme. HM1 Gauthier gave me this website so I could order the band I use at the clinic at NAB Little Creek. I am sure once I can use the band everyday my recovery will be that much faster. Thanks for a great product.

R/SKC H...

Chatted last night with my Test Lab buddies about the bands test:

Interesting stuff:

They cut several sections of each size, clamped each end and tested by stretching the section to 2x the sample length every second. Although their counting software screwed up they said that the number of cycles equaled 86,400/day (1 cycle per second). They tested for 58 days or 5 million cycles.

The largest bands retained their heat (80 degrees F) and got hyper-elastic after just a few hours. Apparently, they could not dissipate their heat well. They topped out at 18% increase in the ease of stretch. Their cold (40 degrees F) response topped out at 5%. Although they showed their cracks sooner than the smaller bands, they never failed as long as they were not stretched against their longitudinal axis (tearing motion).

The larger the bands the less forgiving of heat and cold. Probably because of a combination of the surface area and the mass of the larger bands. They conclude that the difference between the inner temperature and the outer temperature creates and inherent coefficient of expansion issue that makes the overall mass less stable at the molecular level. The larger the mass the greater the differential.

Unless the bands were stretched well beyond 2x, they seem to be very resilient. Both engineers say that the compound is good to superior in its consistency. Very few flaws that were problematic… some “bubbles” under microscope looked more serious than they were.

They had to harass the bands to get them to fail. Extreme cold combined with a “tearing stretch” were the only combination of acts that caused problems.

Their advice: Don’t pinch the bands in a cold environment. The bands “remember” and tend to weaken if chilled repeatedly. They can’t really say how much abuse the bands will take… but they both said that they would feel comfortable using them (if they weren’t such nerds). <= They laugh at themselves about being techno-nerds. Their only exercise is flipping steaks and drinking beer.

(What the hell does that make me?) Don’t answer.
Hope this helps you guys present your product’s features with more science.

Semper Fi
J
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