CanDo X-Firm Twist-n-Bend Bar

Made my hands stronger more importantly my wrists and grip strength!!, highly recommend for hand injuries of any kind ,I would box hard without boxing gloves and messed up my wrists and sprains of all kinds and this brought back my hand strength and wrists healed after working them out with this tool but I would suggest starting with the lighter one because the black one I bought is way to hard but just enough to twist and get a good workout! Hope this helps!

I had been looking for a product such as this, and this is good for forearm and wrist work. And because of the bending as well as twisting actions and angles possible, works many of the arm muscles. I was twisting the #2 yellow, the second easiest one, and it snapped in half upon twisting. A disappointment. I am not a bodybuilder or powerlifter at all, I'm an old guy. So my set now is down to five and the beige #1 will probably break soon if I use it for warming up, which is not likely. #1 is so easy that it's suitable in my opinion only for beginning orthopedic rehab of broken bones, or the frail elderly. I wouldn't avoid these exercisers because they are so good at what they do. But this Cando manufacturer needs to strengthen the rubber compound so that they don't snap suddenly. I read elsewhere in Amazon reviews that I am not the only one who has a complaint about quality control of this brand. I recommend buying the blue one or preferably this black one only and trying it. It should be all you need to do what these exercisers do. It just won't go through as much range of motion as the easier ones. You can always buy an easier one later, and then work up to the heavy one you bought first. If you work with this twister in all possible positions for two weeks, you'll find you are stronger, with more range of motion, and not likely to need a weaker one. I find the #1, 2, 3, way too easy and I am guessing likely to suddenly break, after what happened with mine, if you really twist it as far as you can. And easily broken if you bend it into a U. Both of these movements are what they're supposed to do, aren't they? I just gave this black one as a birthday gift to a nephew, I like it so much.

I didn't buy the better-known Brand to save a few bucks. I am completely satisfied. Well worth the price. If there was one oddity, (not sure if the leading brand is the same), it came with a powdered residue on it I had to wash off, and a smell that went away (but in my gym bad it was not great for a while). Otherwise, it's a great purchase to own if you have tennis or golf elbow. Now: Did it work to remove the issue? Some, I was not consistent using it. I suspect its one remedy you should have in your arsenal.

I had the red twist-n-bend first, but I finally figured out I wasn't using it enough to fix tendonosis I had in both forearms (tennis elbow). I was reading about some people using it throughout the day, so I started doing that, maybe around 50-70 reps a day for about a month. It became so easy to do and my pain was finally going down, so I bought the green one to keep strengthening. This week I was finally feeling the pain was low enough to get back in the gym. The first day after the gym the pain came back, but I just kept doing my reps of 50-70 a day and my pain is slim to none in the first week back in the gym. I'll be sure to update this review if needed. For $10 give it a try, and stop the suffering. Make sure you really watch enough videos to learn how to use it properly. A lot of people use it wrong, even instructors on youtube. Edit- it's been about a month and my tendonitis pain is 90 percent gone. I still get flare ups because I'm hitting the gym hard about once a week, but I'm very happy with the results so far after so much pain and suffering.

I have tennis elbow, and based on my research, this is one of the more highly recommended tools you can use to correct the problem. This product was about half the price of the more well known brand, and I've read a couple reviews stating that the resistance was too much - well, if you read the product listing, there are different products/colors for different resistance levels. The information I've read states that you should generally start with low resistance, I went with medium (green) because I consider myself to be fairly strong, and this works great for me. After one day of use, I woke up in noticeably less pain than I had been experiencing in the morning for the past month. Also, I considered going with a larger (longer) model, and while I think I could have done that, the 12 inch model fits nicely in my work bag, so I can get a couple reps in while I'm at work. On a side note, I read another review stating there was a film, and yeah, I can't tell if it's maybe warehouse dust, or just a byproduct of manufacturing, but there is a slight bit of powder coating the product that came off on my hands, first use, but after that nothing. I can still see it on the middle where I haven't handled it, but I seriously don't care. I'd just give it a rinse if it bothered me.

I've been battling Tennis Elbow. Been using CanDo flex bars at my PT rehab center, and finally decided to buy one of my own. At first, I bought some varying brands, thinking this would be an easy purchase, but nooooo, not so easy. Other bars are way too light, and some don't return to shape very well at all. The CanDo bars are great. I ended up with a blue one (heavy). It is pretty heavy and returns to shape perfectly. If you're a gorilla, then get the black one (extra heavy). Otherwise, most folks will likely want something in the Medium strength range. There are 6 strength ratings (different colors) of the CanDo bars. This is a very good product!

After fracturing my right wrist I lost a lot of grip strength as I wasn't using it often. When it came time to start using my injured wrist again I wanted to regain my grip strength. I found that most conventional methods/exercises were quite bothersome for my wrist, so I heard this would be a great option. Not only did it help me regain, but I was also able to improve my strength from the baseline I had. Gripping these bars makes it easy for consistent training as I didn't get anywhere near the impact on my wrist where I would feel pain and possibly make the injury worse as I would with other exercises. It is expensive, but if your options are limited like it was for me I would certainly recommend it. Even if you don't have an injury and want to get a full squeeze at your max capability without feeling pain as you may experience with other methods I would still highly suggest as you'll more than likely benefit from these.

Seems like a decent enough product, unfortunately the one I received is damaged, the end of one side where you grip seems melted almost, leaving a few places where the rubber is hardened and sharp, which is very unpleasant to grip/ twist without gloves. If it wasn't for the defect, would have given it five stars. Do still recommend