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Power Balance Bands. Do they actually work? They're supposed to increase muscle reponse and recovery, increase balance, fllexibility etc etc and all by "connecting" with your bodys energy flow. Has anyone on here tried them. I've been looking at a few cheap ones on trade me but I want to know if they actually work before i buy one.

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bro I bought one off trade me $20 I dont know if It works lol the test prove conclusive on every single person I put it on but for me if It makes me think I have the advantage then its money well spent :pfft: on a side note im undefeated on the table tennis table since wearing the band lmao!!!

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bro I bought one off trade me $20 I dont know if It works lol the test prove conclusive on every single person I put it on but for me if It makes me think I have the advantage then its money well spent :pfft: on a side note im undefeated on the table tennis table since wearing the band lmao!!!

You won at table tennis?? :clap: yeh it must be the band :P

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I have a good friend that I train Jiu-Jitsu with and he swears by it. The strength side not so much, but he claims that his balance and stability has increased off the chart.

I have ordered one from http://www.powerbalance.co.nz so we shall see if this actually does work. As mentioned in a pervious post, it could all be mental and that in itself is worth the money if you think that you have the edge.

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They look like the ones I used to wear for car sickness. And they work real well. Just never used them for anything else. So do you wear them training?? or all the time??

The people I know who got them, wear them all the time... I did a BodyBalance class for the first time in years today, one of those bands would've come in handy for that!

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I have been wearing one now for a day and got a PB on my Deadlift this morning. I think that is a fluke, however, I do feel my balance and co-ordination are a lot better though whilst wearing one.

I did purchase one for a registered seller instead of trademe. There are plenty of fakes out there. I would rather pay $90 and get the real thing than a $20 fake on-line.

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nate225 Veteran member

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The S&C Coach at our gym has one. When I mocked him about it he said it really worked........he had more balance when stumbling out of bed at 3am and the power he produced when pissing was very impressive! :grin:

Love to see some detail on these. Seems a bit too much like the patches that came out a few years back (Phil Phister wore them when he won WSM & I think Lomu may have promo'd them?).

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nate225 Veteran member

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yeah may be mind over matter

the placebo effect?

i have rubber bands if anyone would like to order 1 for 7 easy payments of $54.95 +shipping

:lol:

On a serious note placebo effect has been shown to give some good % results.

Shit, if it meant the difference between winning & losing I'd pay for placebo effect (unfortunately I don't think it works when you know its only a placebo! :grin: )

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There are plenty of fakes out there. I would rather pay $90 and get the real thing than a $20 fake on-line.

the real thing??

they are probably both exactly the same, the $70 difference is just paying people such as benji marshall and others sports stars who get paid for wearing them and saying they work....

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yeah may be mind over matter

the placebo effect?

i have rubber bands if anyone would like to order 1 for 7 easy payments of $54.95 +shipping

:lol:

On a serious note placebo effect has been shown to give some good % results.

Shit, if it meant the difference between winning & losing I'd pay for placebo effect (unfortunately I don't think it works when you know its only a placebo! :grin: )

yes Nate, if you know these bands are total bullshit i wouldnt expect a placebo effect lol

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In January for our football preseason testing we tried a series of tests with them on and off. Significant gains in balance and flexibility tests and some gains in vertical jump test. I can't explain how they work but I know they do, I have seen it toooo many times with back to back tests to think different.

As an aside we all came to the conclusion it doesn't matter if the band does it or if it is in your head if there is a measureable performance improvement that is all that matters.

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Hi All,

Re your discussions on Power Balance bands and some people stating that they will try the trademe ones or have tried the trademe ones and felt no effect.

This is because 99.9% of all Power Balance bands sold on trademe and ebay are all fake, $1.50 copies that some people have imported from china to commit fraud. We actively police and work with trademe to eliminate these people from circulation, however it is a slow process.

If you want to try the real deal, there is a 30 day money back guarantee, and these can be purchased either from our retailers or off the powerbalance.co.nz website.

the colour of the box does not matter, if you have purchased it out side of people on our retail list you most likely have been conned.

All we ask is that you give it a go and find out for yourself.

We are currently selling just short of 2 million bands a month globally so it must do something a!

please feel free to call me if you have any questions

07 579 3825

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We are currently selling just short of 2 million bands a month globally so it must do something a!

Well if we use the logic that sales equals effectiveness and 99% of Power Balance Bands sold on Trademe and Ebay are fake, then there must be 198 million fake ones sold a month (if you are only selling 1% of the total sold) so the fake ones must be a shitload more effective...

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Hi All,

Re your discussions on Power Balance bands and some people stating that they will try the trademe ones or have tried the trademe ones and felt no effect.

This is because 99.9% of all Power Balance bands sold on trademe and ebay are all fake, $1.50 copies that some people have imported from china to commit fraud. We actively police and work with trademe to eliminate these people from circulation, however it is a slow process.

If you want to try the real deal, there is a 30 day money back guarantee, and these can be purchased either from our retailers or off the powerbalance.co.nz website.

the colour of the box does not matter, if you have purchased it out side of people on our retail list you most likely have been conned.

All we ask is that you give it a go and find out for yourself.

We are currently selling just short of 2 million bands a month globally so it must do something a!

please feel free to call me if you have any questions

07 579 3825

That statement is worse than bro science! :nod:

Seriously though I am intrigued, but would be really keen to see some studies (double blind placebo preferably) that back up the claims?

Is there any you know of (I assume you do being a retailer of the product?).

Regards

Nate

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Last couple weeks I have been wearing one I ordered online direct. I agree with the balance, while surfing I feel a lot more stable pulling off my bottom turns and just settling my balance on a the board in general(ITs a new surfboard and a lot more manouverable and quicker than my last board). Didnt wear the power band this morning during body balance class and actually felt myself swaying like I was working back on the boats again for some odd reason??..lol

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Last couple weeks I have been wearing one I ordered online direct. I agree with the balance, while surfing I feel a lot more stable pulling off my bottom turns and just settling my balance on a the board in general(ITs a new surfboard and a lot more manouverable and quicker than my last board). Didnt wear the power band this morning during body balance class and actually felt myself swaying like I was working back on the boats again for some odd reason??..lol

Wasn't a case of powering back too many Woodstocks while on holiday bro?! :grin:

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