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Sunny Health & Fitness Multi-Function Strength Push-Up Dip Stand

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1 HN user recommended this in 2022, in one comment.

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i suspect so.

i can't offer any kind of expert advice just personal experience from occasionally resistance banding over the last few months and years - a good amount more recently.

it's kind of awesome.

i currently have a grey band (light) and red band (heavy) from SPRI - prob got at target:

https://www.spri.com/

i do curls and shoulders with the grey/light, and just hooked up the red/heavy band into a door frame using the shipped-with door jam holder thing and use that to do back pull thingies - this is new for me and amazing, esp as i have upper back trouble occasionally that is debilitating, and it usually flares up every few months because i have _not_ been doing my back strengthening exercises -- like wall angels (physical therapy stuff), etc. origin injury from lifting a couple of suitcases 30 years ago.

in theory you can do a bunch of other stuff but i mainly use them to do these real basics.

i did just buy a $99 dip/pushup multi-use thing from amazon to do pushups and....well, dips ain't happening anytime soon - not strong enough. hasn't arrived yet. not sure if i'll use it or not.

i have a 'pushup platform' piece of gym equipment i've been wanting to prototype for 100 years, but no luck there yet. i tried doing incline pushups by leaning against my countertop, but eh - don't like it for various reasons. and floor pushups are not my thing anymore. i don't want to do the 1,000+/day i used to do in college - just enough.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MSX7ZBT?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_...

the bands are awesome-ish for a few reasons:

  - they're just there, so you can just use them whenever you want.
  - i've thought about setting a 15- or 30-min timer, but no need yet.
  - they can offer resistance thru a full range of motion, unlike dumbbells (?)
  - they're super-portable
  - i've brought them on trips but never use them - but i could
  - they have different 'weights'/resistances, and color-coded, so easy to use
  - you can learn some basic exercises
  - you can gain confidence in staying fit-ish for longer into aging
  - you can prob help battle metabolic syndrome/diabetes at least a little
  - you can spot-strengthen easily when some body part is feeling weak
  - it prob makes a diff in how you physically appear
  - there's def at least some strength and muscle gain
  - you can usually go heavier and/or lighter for whatever you need
main caution i would offer to anyone 30+ is start low/slow - low resistance/weight - b/c you can do like me, grab some decent-sized dumbbells, go to town, then end up with bicpes tendinitis for years. :)

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