Resistance bands are probably the most affordable piece of exercise equipment you will ever own. They can give you an extreme resistance, strength training workout while being compact, portable and oh so quiet – no noisy, clunking expensive gym equipment. 

Before you buy exercise equipment for your home or some type of home gym system, be aware that the massive piece of metal you’ll end up putting in the middle of the family room may not be able to work every part of your body like resistance bands can.  Bands are amazingly capable of giving you a total body workout for your  chest, back, shoulders, arms, abs, and legs.  They also don’t stub your toes as you pad across the room in the middle of the night.

Resistance bands do that one draw back, though.  You can’t hang clothes on them like you can with treadmills or other sprawling gym equipment unless you string them between the bedposts.

We’ve reviewed the pros and cons of resistance bands and tubes and the various accessories that come with these powerful mini home gym systems.

Read the full resistance bands review here to see which ones we recommend…