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Leather Vs. Nylon Lifting Belts: What Are the Differences?

Of all the lifting belts variations, there tends to be two different base materials that belts will made out of; these are leather and nylon. There are multiple material blends, foam inserts, and ... Continue Reading

Rehband 7mm Vs. Emerge 7mm Knee Sleeves

The Rehband and Emergy 7mm Neoprene Knee Sleeves are both similar in design, material with 7mm neoprene, durability in that they both have reinforced stitching, and actual size. While there ... Continue Reading

Master of Muscle Beast Tape Review – Did It Stay On?

Master of Muscle Beast Tape is a cotton based kinesiology tape that's designed for multiple types of strength athletes. Like most kinesiology tapes, Beast Tape is said to promote performance, ... Continue Reading

FlexU Supreme Kinesiology Tape Review – Better Than Other Brands?

FlexU Supreme is a kinesiology tape that's very popular on Amazon. There isn't an incredible amount of information about this tape online, nor is there a place to learn about this company's history. The ... Continue Reading

RockTape Kinesiology Tape Review

RockTape is one of the better known kinesiology tape brands on the market, and they make a plethora of supportive strength products. They make a variety of tapes, which can be utilized for multiple ... Continue Reading

StrengthTape Kinesiology Tape Review

StrengthTape Kinesiology Tape Review

StrengthTape is a producer of kinesiology tapes and kits already precut and measured for specific body parts (knees, shoulders, elbows, etc), and touts themselves as the official tape of the Ironman ... Continue Reading

TheraBand Kinesiology Tape Review

TheraBand Kinesiology Tape Review

TheraBand's kinesiology tape is actually a joint collaboration between Cramer, an established sports medicine brand established in 1914, and TheraBand, which is probably best known for their ... Continue Reading

Slingshot STrong Knee Sleeves Review – The Most Supportive?

Knee sleeves are a supportive piece of strength equipment that have multiple purposes, which very between athletes. For example, powerlifters use them for their rigidness and support under maximal loads. ... Continue Reading

Kinesio Tex Gold Review

Kinesio Tex Gold 100% Cotton Kinesiology Tape Review

In 1979, Dr. Kenzo Kase (some people consider him the originator of kinesiology tape) founded Kinesio, who today manufactures kinesiology tape for athletic applications. One of the leading tapes by Kinesio ... Continue Reading

Emerge Fitness 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Emerge Fitness is an online retailer that provides supportive knee and elbow compression sleeves, wraps, bands, and more. They are also one of the leading sellers of 7mm knee sleeves on Amazon.com. After ... Continue Reading

Hookgrip Knee Sleeves Review

Hookgrip Neoprene Knee Sleeves 2.0 Review

Hookgrip is a popular weightlifting media brand known for their photography and videography, and has also been producing weightlifting apparel and supportive gear. In an earlier article, we reviewed the ... Continue Reading

RockTape Assassins Knee Sleeves

Rocktape Assassins 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

RockTape is a popular brand in the kinesiology tape sector, and they also manufacture supportive gear for lifters and fitness athletes alike. The RockTape Assassins 7mm knee sleeves can be seen being ... Continue Reading

Iron Bull Strength 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Your knees can only take so much squatting before buckling. Knee sleeves like Iron Bull 7mm Knee Sleeves ease the pain, providing compression, warmth, and stability during lower-body workouts and heavy ... Continue Reading

Mava Sports Knee Support Material

Mava Sports Elastic Knee Supports Review

Joint compression, heat, and circulation are all expressed benefits of supportive knee gear for most lifters and athletes. By doing so, athletes can expect increased knee support and stabilization, ... Continue Reading

Hookgrip Knee Sleeves

Hookgrip Knee Sleeves 2.0 Review

Hookgrip is a popular photography and video brand in the world of Olympic weightlifting, and they've emerged on the supportive gear scene offering knee sleeves (non-neoprene and neoprene alike), ... Continue Reading

Bear Komplex Knee Sleeves Review

Bear Komplex 7mm Knee Sleeves Review — Did the Four Seam Design Fit?

Bear Komplex makes supportive knee sleeves and other gear (belts, bands, hand grips) targeted towards functional fitness athletes, all offered in various designs and colors. While these sleeves were ... Continue Reading

Evolutionize Knee Sleeves

Evolutionize 7mm Knee Sleeves Review — Too Supportive?

Evolutionize knee sleeves are one of the most popular compression based knee sleeves sold on Amazon.com for powerlifters, weightlifters, and heavy duty lifting. Evolutionize knee sleeves are sold in pairs, ... Continue Reading

Eleiko 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Eleiko 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Eleiko is a very established manufacturer and brand in the strength and power sports world, most notable for their plates, platforms, and barbells. Additionally, they produce a wide range of supportive ... Continue Reading

Rehband 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Rehband 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Rehband is one of the most well-known brands of compression training gear. Their products range from neoprene knee sleeves (5-7mm in thickness) and elbow sleeves to shoulder braces and other ... Continue Reading

KT Tape Pro Synthetic Review

KT Pro Synthetic Kinesiology Tape Review – Does It Work?

KT tape is one of the most established kinesiology tape producers, offering numerous products in varying colors, designs and materials. In this article we will be reviewing the Pro Synthetic version ... Continue Reading

SBD Knee Sleeves Review

SBD Knee Sleeves Review — How Do They Fit?

Knee sleeves are worn for multiple reasons by strength athletes. Two of the major reasons are for extra knee support and maintaining joint warmth. There are different levels of thickness knee sleeves ... Continue Reading

Unbroken Designs Knee Sleeves Review — How Did They Fit?

Unbroken Designs is a strength company that makes supportive equipment for the functional fitness athlete, including knee sleeves. Their equipment was designed by functional fitness athletes who ... Continue Reading

KT Cotton Kinesiology Tape Review — Is It Durable?

Kinesiology tape is an elastic sports and fitness tape designed for pain relief and support of muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Kinesiology tape is an external tool that can be applied to the body along ... Continue Reading

ExoSleeve 7mm Knee Sleeves Review

Knee sleeves are a common piece of equipment for most power, strength, and functional fitness athletes. They provide the knee with additional support during loaded movements, general warmth around the knee ... Continue Reading

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