JayFlex Hyperbell Band Kit Review

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How the Hyperbell Band Kit Works...

In order to use the Hyberbell Band Kit, you'll need to have a Hyperbell Barbell (read my full review of the Jayflex Hyperbell bar and kettlebell here). The band kit is specifically designed to work with the Hyperbell.

Basically, you'll put a short length of rope with a rubber stopper on the end into the Hyperbell clamp instead of a dumbbell handle.

The other end of the rope has a hook for clipping cable on.

This is a really innovative way to extend the usefulness of the Hyperbell.

This shows you what it looks like opened up.

Then the band clip just hooks right onto the eye hook on the other end of the rope. It's very simple and very elegant!

This allows you to then do pretty much any exercise that can be done using a band and a bar. Instead of just looping a band around a bar, you now have it securely attached onto the bar itself.

For overhead exercises, you can kneel down with your knee on the band(s).

If you want to do band squats, I recommend doing front squats (it's tougher to get set up for back squats). You can use a cross-arm grip or a front racking grip.

 

 

What Does the Hyperbell Band Kit Iinclude?

Here's a picture of everything included in the kit... (excluding the bar!)... bands with clips on the ends, ankle straps, a door anchor and two single handles.

The bands are tubing style, ranging from extra light to extra heavy. You can choose to use one or multiple bands on your exercises (I wouldn't use more than 3, though, as the clip size isn't big enough to accomodate more than that very well).

These accessories don't necessarily need the Hyperbell bar to be used, but to get the most out of the kit, you will want to have the bar.

The ankle straps are simple nylon with Velcro closures and a metal hook to attach the bands onto. You can do a wide variety of lower body movements with these straps and they're very simple to use.

The door anchor is pretty standard...the round part goes behind the top of the door, then you close the door solidly. Now you have a solid anchor point to attach your bands onto. You can also put the anchor on the side of the door or the bottom to get different angles.

Finally, you've got the single handles.

I quite like these handles compared to most of the ones I see in band-based home gyms. These are made with solid hand grips, not cheaper bendable ones.

I find the bendable ones force your hand to squish unnaturally while these solid ones allow you to keep your hand in a regular grip without having your hands fold up. This allows you to focus on the exercise, not on your hands.

It's a small thing but I like it a lot in terms of usefulness.

 

Are there any downsides to the Hyperbell Band Kit?

To me, the only real issues come as downsides to band training in general, primarily the lack of meaningful resistance at the start of most movements, which is often the stretch position. Bands can be used very effectively when taking those limitations into account, however.

In terms of issues specific to the band kit here, the only thing that jumps out at me would be the smaller clip size. Personally, I'd love to have bigger clips so that I could use other bands more easily. I found in order to get decent resistance for some exercises (like front squats), I needed to use several of the bands that were included in the kit...the smaller clip size makes it tougher to add multiple bands.

That being said, this is a small thing and it can be solved by clipping your own bigger clip onto the existing one or subbing it out completely.

Other than that, this band kit is fantastic way to get a lot more out of your Hyperbell!

Get Your JayFlex Hyperbell Band Kit on Amazon Prime here.

Use coupon code 10FITPRIME to get an additional 10% off on your purchase!

And get your JayFlex Hyperbell to go with it on Amazon Prime here.