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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

Harbinger 5″ Foam Core Belt Review

Harbinger is a supportive strength company that makes a plethora of products for a wide range of strength athletes. Whether you're a recreational lifter or someone who is a little more elite in stature, ... Continue Reading

Schiek Model 6010 Double Prong Competition Power Belt Review

Schiek is an American based supportive strength equipment company. They make equipment for both the serious strength athlete and the recreational lifter. Schiek is best known for their unique cone shape ... Continue Reading

Schiek Model L2004 Leather Lifting Belt Review

Schiek is an American based supportive strength equipment company. They were founded in 1991 with the goal of creating a unique and innovative belt for the strength market. They're most well-known for ... Continue Reading

Schiek Model 2004 Lifting Belt Review

Schiek is an American based supportive strength company that makes a plethora of belts, straps, wraps, and more. Most of the equipment Schiek makes is manufactured in the USA and they boast that every ... Continue Reading

Unbroken Designs Ahoy 6″ Leather Lifting Belt Review

Unbroken Designs is a company that was started by CrossFit® athletes looking for functional fitness equipment. Their supportive strength gear is designed to be useful with both WODs and other forms of ... Continue Reading

Harbinger 4″ Classic Oiled Leather Belt Review

Harbinger is known worldwide for their supportive strength gear. Their strength equipment covers a variety of needs including powerlifting, weightlifting, bodybuilding, and recreational lifting. ... Continue Reading

Harbinger Contoured FlexFit™ Belt Review

Harbinger is a company that makes supportive strength gear for multiple types of athletes. Whether you're a powerlifter, weightlifter, or a recreational lifter, chances are Harbinger makes a piece of ... Continue Reading

Harbinger 4″ Padded Leather Belt Review

Harbinger is a company known for supportive strength gear. Their equipment can be found in most gyms, regardless of the strength sport. Weightlifters, powerlifters, and even recreational gym goers have ... Continue Reading

Eleiko Olympic Weightlifting Belt Review

Eleiko is a company based in Sweden and is most often recognized for their barbells and plates. They also make supportive strength equipment, which includes belts, knee sleeves, knee wraps, and ... Continue Reading

Harbinger 4″ Nylon Lifting Belt Review

Harbinger is known worldwide for their supportive strength gear. Their supportive gear covers a variety of needs including powerlifting, weightlifting, bodybuilding, and recreational lifting. Chances ... Continue Reading

Unbroken Designs Stars and Stripes 4″ Leather Lifting Belt Review

Unbroken Designs is a lifting company that makes uniquely designed equipment for the functional athlete. They were founded by athletes who wanted equipment that would be great to use throughout ... Continue Reading

Unbroken Designs 4″ Blue Stealth Lifting Belt Review

Unbroken Designs was founded by functional fitness athletes. They offer a variety of lifting equipment that caters to both the functional and dedicated strength athlete. But what they may be ... Continue Reading

Attitude Nation Pink Lasso Lifting Strap Review

Attitude Nation is a company founded by Jon and Jessica North in 2011. Both Jon and Jessica are Olympic weightlifters, and Jon was the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Champion in the 94kg ... Continue Reading

GoFit Cotton Lifting Strap Review

GoFit is a company designed to support in-gym and at-home workouts. Founded in 1999, their mantra revolves around three words: “Train, Recover, Repeat.” This philosophy is the inspiration behind their ... Continue Reading

Attitude Nation Single Loop Lifting Strap Review

Attitude Nation was founded in 2011 by Olympic Weightlifter Jon North and his wife Jessica. Their company mantra surrounds the attitude and presence North brought to the lifting stage. Can ... Continue Reading

Harbinger Cotton Padded Lifting Strap Review

Harbinger was founded in 1988 by an inventor named David McCrane, who at the time teamed up with 8-time Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney. Initially, these two worked together to create lifting wrist assists and ... Continue Reading

Schiek Leather Lifting Strap Review

Many lifters know of Schiek because of their weightlifting belts. Since the early 1990s, Schiek has grown to become one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of lifting straps, gloves, and other gear. The ... Continue Reading

Giants Pro Figure of 8 Lifting Straps Review

You may have heard of or seen the Figure of 8 lifting straps by Giants Pro before. These were the straps Eddie Hall used to break the deadlift world record with 500kg at the World Deadlift Championship in ... Continue Reading

The Last Pair of Grips You’ll Ever Try: Victory Grips Review

Generally, I really hate grips. I want to love them because my dainty little hands rip all the time (which is why I was particularly excited to try Victory Grips.) Despite all the callus shavers ... Continue Reading

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