Naked Resistance Bands Can Cause Serious Injury

Gulf Shores, AL, January 14, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The only Made In America FitCord combines traditional latex tubing found on many resistance bands, but goes one step further by inserting the latex tube inside a fabric woven Safety Sleeve.  The Safety Sleeve serves three distinctive functions: shielding the latex tubing from harmful UV rays which deteriorate the life of the latex tubing, shielding direct contact of the latex tubing against skin for exercisers who are allergic to latex, and most importantly, protecting the user in the event the latex tubing breaks. The Safety Sleeve houses the latex tubing so, if it does break, it remains inside the secured Safety Sleeve protecting the exerciser.

There have been multiple incidents where people exercising with uncovered resistance bands have suffered facial injuries or, even worse, loss of vision from being struck in the eye from the broken resistance band. The reason most injuries occur to the facial area is due to the fact that most exercises are done by either pulling away from a wall toward the body or standing on the resistance band pressing the hands upward toward the face.

According to Worldwide Fitness Products President/CEO, Tim Newman, the price difference between non-safety sleeve resistance bands and Worldwide's FitCord is nominal and in some cases the Fitcord cost is even less that the traditional uncovered resistance band. Most consumers don't realize that there are multiple grades of latex tubing being produced around the globe and not knowing the quality of the tubing they purchase can be life changing.

Worldwide Fitness Products offers FitCord Resistance Bands in six different resistance levels and several package configurations. The company's most popular seller is its Three Pack which includes Light, Medium, and Heavy resistance levels. The FitCord Resistance Bands can be purchased directly from the company at FitCord.com.