Python Power Twister Bar - Upper Body Exercise for Chest, Shoulder, Forearm, Bicep and Arm Strengthening Workout Equipment by Core Prodigy

Its a great bar. Works all your major muscle groups. And is a real challenge. Highly recommend

Good quality bar. Came in timely manner, without damage.

Still have no idea of what possessed me to buy the Python Prodigy. Got the middle strength, not knowing a lighter version was available.Am not able to use this for its original design purpose, but it’s a good arm support when doing sit-ups. This way I can get the added benefit of an arm stretch, by not having to cross arms over chest.Start with the lightest one. I wish I had.

A good medium duty exercise tool with good long handles so you can adjust your grip to suit the level of resistance you want. Many other units only have handle grips at the far end of the handles. These come in three stiffness ratings. I used a much stiffer bar when I was younger but I am in my seventies now and this medium bar is OK.

Been using this for a week when I'm sitting around the house and wow it really works some of the muscles across my back, I have been a bit sore because of it. I think I bought the highest weight rating thinking the smaller one would be too easy on me and now I wish I had gotten the lower weight model this one is pretty stiff. Eventually I'm sure my muscles will catch up.

I love how easy it is to use, and how limited space it occupies when stored away. Does it work as exercise equipment that produces results? Absolutely, without any reservations whatsoever. The trick to working out with this Power Twister is to locate where in your arms you have the optimum leverage. Once you determine that, then that's where your focus should be. Let me explain, I have a lot of difficulty closing this Twister when it's at eye level whether my hands are placed at the end or middle of it. If I bring it down to chess level slightly better. However, when I use it to do bicep curls, amazingly, I can bring the handles to within 6 inches of each other. I'm 69 and weight only 154 lbs.!! This is the arm position where I have the greatest leverage to exert maximum strength and build or tone muscle. So you might say, well that's just biceps. Wrong! Yes, you are doing biceps, but in order to bend the handles of this Power Twister to within 6 inches of each other, your wrists, forearms, biceps, shoulders, and back muscles are ALL WORKING in unison and getting stronger. The stronger all those body parts get the more you'll be able to move around to other points in space. Remember, find your leverage point and stay there because all your upper body muscles are working. And remember to contract your stomach muscles to get them strong too in the process. And don't forget to exhale when you exert and inhale when releasing.Awesome piece of equipment if you use it correctly. I recommend this purchase unconditional. Buy it you won't regret it.

I got this after the hydraulic one I bought turned out to leak fluid until it no longer worked. I bought the strongest one, but it definitely doesn't offer 80-160 lbs of resistance, because I can easily curl it at the most choked-up grip position (max resistance) with one arm, which would mean I was curling 160 lbs, which I know I can't do one-armed even once, let alone multiple times with little effort. It can't just be that I got the medium-strength one by mistake, either, because I can't curl 110 lbs that easily, either. I can't even curl 80 lbs, the lowest this version is supposed to go, that easily. It feels like about 30-50 lbs resistance (or possibly less) depending on grip, which is lower than the 30-80 lbs claimed by the weakest version. Also, if you bend it farther than the angle shown in the pictures, which I thought might be what I was supposed to do to get the full resistance, it doesn't quite straighten out all the way until you reverse it and bend it back.You can't use the wrist straps with any grip but the farthest out, and instead of putting a hole or loop there so you can attach a longer lanyard, the straps are tucked inside the plastic grip and basically can't be replaced, so you either settle for the weakest resistance or risk smashing something or someone if your grip slips. Considering that the safety warnings say not to use it without the straps, which is probably good advice, that makes even claiming it has multiple levels of resistance kind of false advertising. I'll probably end up looping a second strap through the straps to lengthen them, but that really shouldn't be necessary.All that said, it's better than a hydraulic one that leaks everywhere and eventually stops working entirely, and I can use it at my desk without overloading my office chair that's only rated to 250 lbs, which is what would happen if I used actual weights.

Great product for “on the go” workouts !!!!Biceps, triceps, & forearms !!!!