CampTeck U6831 D-Ring Ankle & Wrist Cuffs Neoprene Adjustable Strap for Gym Cable Machine Workouts, Glute Legs & Abdominal Exercises – Black, 1 Pair

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And it’s difficult to know if you have enough inflation in your bands when you pump them up yourself.

They’ve been particularly helpful as I’ve gotten further along in the strength and hypertrophy program I’m currently working on. SAGA offers a four-hour training course for personal trainers, which is cool, but that’s too much of a commitment for an average-joe like me.

That said, five minutes is the general recommendation, and you can absolutely get your sets in around that time-frame.

From what I’ve read, it’s not like your body does more, but it’s able to produce the same effect with lighter weight. You must download the SAGA app to inflate and use your BFR cuffs, and you should plan on having your phone on you during your workout so you can inflate and deflate as necessary. SAGA Fitness aims to solve those problems with their Bluetooth activated BFR bands, so we put them to the test to see if they’re a worthy addition to your workout. Fast track your muscle-building journey with these proven lifestyle, diet, and workout changes that helped me finally start building muscle as a hardgainer after years of not getting any results.Now that your cuffs are inflated to a pressure that’s calibrated to either your arms or legs, it’s time to get your pump on. Whether it's leg day or you're training for a run, you don't want to get caught with the wrong gear. Sure, there are cheaper alternatives like rubber bands (imprecise and inconsistent), and wired pressure cuffs (comes with an attached box like a blood pressure machine).

That said, adding in a few sets of low-load BFR training to augment your standard high-load training can offer a different stimulus to your muscles and is possibly more effective than high-load training alone.You have the option to rename your cuffs, though I didn’t find that necessary as it’s pretty clear which cuffs are fit for your legs and which are a fit for your arms. You run the risk of reinjuring the muscle if you hit the gym and start doing bicep curls with your normal 30-pound weights. Do you know that feeling when you’re ready to hit the weights hard, and two weeks in your knees start screaming? After listening to the aching in my knees after some heavy squats, I decided to work SAGA’s cuffs into my routine. Now, that’s not necessarily from occlusion training with SAGA, but I do feel that the lightened load on my accessory work has allowed me to push myself harder on the main compound lifts.