Gorilla Bow Portable Home Gym System - All-in-One Strength Training Equipment for 100+ Workouts | Perfect for Travel, Home Gym & Outdoor Fitness | Compact & Versatile Exercise Gear

I have the Gorilla Bow Travel and I think the best way to review this is to address the initial impressions that myself along with many others had when first encountering the dreaded ads. It looked goofy, it looked gimmicky, and worst of all, it was atrociously expensive. I was very skeptical of this product as I sat there gaining 15-20 pounds during the first few months of the pandemic like a whole clown. You can interpret my willpower however, but I gotta say. For a pretty conscious consumer, the marketing, while repetitive, was very appealing. I found myself really thinking about the versatility of the bow and thought that so long as I could feel like I’m lifting something because my apartment was way too small for a home gym or a makeshift bench and dumbbell set to leave around amidst roommates, I could really lose some weight. So what did I do...? I bought it.I bought the Gorilla Bow Travel to address the space issues with my apartment as well as knowing that I would look goofy as hell carrying a long ass metal bow shaped rod in public. At least I could take apart the pieces, put them in a duffel bag, and work out at a buddy’s house without looking like a suspicious individual. That’s just me being real with you. The set comes with bands that add up to 110 pounds, but I knew that if I was gonna be using this expensive contraption, I might as well go all in and pay for extra bands, which I did.Really make the product last and... so far? I’m 2 months into using it and have lost 20 pounds working out with this and dieting. It is awesome. Seriously. I doubted this thing based on how goofy it looked and was seriously expecting to return it after a week’s worth of using it, but I kept going with it and found a lot of love for it. The aluminum bar itself obviously isn’t made from what you’d see in a soda can so please don’t misinform yourself with the assumption that your bow will bend like one. It’s exceptionally sturdy and holds up to its word from the company that it can hold 300+ pounds of resistance. I gotta be honest with you. Slapping on 230 pounds and benching with it does in fact feel like 230 (assuming you’re using the heavy bench set from the website).The bands you get really do matter and the range of motion you put into it has a lot of impact. The 90 pound band is short and thick and takes a lot of concentration to strap on. You feel the advertised peak weight resistance when you stretch the band to a little over twice its length so make sure you are using the shorter thicker bands to PR certain lifts to really feel it versus adding up the longer 50lb, 30lb, and 10lb bands to make 90. Trust me. When you’re deadlifting or benching you will feel it.The Travel Bow is only advertised to go up to 320lb of resistance so don’t get too crazy and jam a bunch of heavy bands and increase risk. It does clip in place, but the points of connection can be a TAD flimsy. It’s enough to notice, but not enough to make you feel terrified of the bow snapping in half and slapping you in the face with net total 300+ pound bands.In terms of how you FEEL during the workout (which I think is very important), with proper form following the video tutorials and common knowledge of certain exercises, you can seriously activate the muscle groups you want and put them to work and reduce your risk of injury. I think the only way you can injure yourself that isn’t form related is carelessness for your surroundings. For example, if you squat barefoot with this thing, the curvature of the soles of your feet will not lock in the slippery rubber bands so they will find a way to slip through and fly up your face and smack your chin. If you stretch out the bands and do an overhead shoulder press knowing you’re hitting the peak resistance weight, concentrate and don’t smack a thick metal bar onto your head same as you would with a barbell.I lost 20 pounds having a very sustainable diet in conjunction with this product and have done high-rep sets for each exercise simply for endurance, fun, and an easy time. I have seen major improvements to my chest, back, arms, and legs in the past two months and I owe it all to this thing.Would I recommend it to a buddy? Absolutely, but only if they’re willing to pay that much, see the value, and make VALUABLE use of it and get their return-on-investment. If it’s gonna collect dust post-quarantine, then I’d have them just buck it out and pay for a gym membership. If you’re here, you’re probably looking for reasons to buy this more than reasons not to buy it unless you’re wasting your time. Truly a quality product.