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just seeing what peoples thoughts are on the power balance band?

i thought it was a total load of sh!t but my mate at the sports store convinced me they work showed me how they work and i brought one.

just after peoples opinions and thought as to see if they do work or not.

I could have used something to help my balance at about 2AM last night...

Quichey wrote:I could have used something to help my balance at about 2AM last night...

haha lol gold quichey what did you have a fat chick hanging of one arm?

There was a good article on them in the sunday mail a couple of weeks ago, it debunked the testing for them by claiming the improvement in stetching and balance came from the minds ability to repeat the first test better, not because your wearing the band. either way if a person thinks it improves them then why not wear one, its hardly an expensive investment for improved performance.

test wrote:There was a good article on them in the sunday mail a couple of weeks ago, it debunked the testing for them by claiming the improvement in stetching and balance came from the minds ability to repeat the first test better, not because your wearing the band. either way if a person thinks it improves them then why not wear one, its hardly an expensive investment for improved performance.

did they try every combination and use "placebo" bands?

did they use an actual power band in a first test, then repeat the test again without it?

carey wrote:

Quichey wrote:I could have used something to help my balance at about 2AM last night...

haha lol gold quichey what did you have a fat chick hanging of one arm?

Nah mate, just carrying Dylan Dwyer, a bit like on the footy field

the_big_bang wrote:

test wrote:There was a good article on them in the sunday mail a couple of weeks ago, it debunked the testing for them by claiming the improvement in stetching and balance came from the minds ability to repeat the first test better, not because your wearing the band. either way if a person thinks it improves them then why not wear one, its hardly an expensive investment for improved performance.

did they try every combination and use "placebo" bands?

did they use an actual power band in a first test, then repeat the test again without it?

Dont really remember the specifics just that the article thought it might of been another fad, im certainly not qualified to give an opinion one way or the other! I few of our players wear them.

Does anyone know how they actually work and if it's worked for them or not?

my older bro is far from a weirdo or a "hippie" into alternate treatment and the like, but he swears on his life that they help him. if i ever decide to jump on board, i rekon i'd wear 4, one on each limb!

They are just a placebo... you put it on, your mind is thinking about better balance, therefore you mind encourages better balance.

I have these pills man, and if you take them you won't tire out as quickly. They're called Tictacs! $5 for 10 yeh.

Westsider wrote:They are just a placebo... you put it on, your mind is thinking about better balance, therefore you mind encourages better balance.

I have these pills man, and if you take them you won't tire out as quickly. They're called Tictacs! $5 for 10 yeh.

Here here. They are rubbish. Buy them as a fashion accesory only.

The only thing that annoy me more than these bands are the people that swear by them.

The issue is that the the most stringent and respected scientific protocol can be applied to see if they really do work but no one has done it. Not even the company that makes them!!! A double blind randomised control trial would be so easy to perform and it would give everyone a definitive answer. But Powerband wont do it because more than likley they will be found out as frauds!!!

BurraBoys wrote:The only thing that annoy me more than these bands are the people that swear by them.

The issue is that the the most stringent and respected scientific protocol can be applied to see if they really do work but no one has done it. Not even the company that makes them!!! A double blind randomised control trial would be so easy to perform and it would give everyone a definitive answer. But Powerband wont do it because more than likley they will be found out as frauds!!!

i think in that article the tested a powerband spokesman using a fake band and real band and every time he guessed wrong

carey wrote:good to keep warm at training!

should not be allowed in a game and if they ever do that p00f should be nailed everytime he goes near the ball.

just my views

carey, how can you be so against skins (which are scientifically proven) and then spend $60 on a piece of elastic which has no evidence of it working?

human blanket #3 wrote:

carey wrote:good to keep warm at training!

should not be allowed in a game and if they ever do that p00f should be nailed everytime he goes near the ball.

just my views

carey, how can you be so against skins (which are scientifically proven) and then spend $60 on a piece of elastic which has no evidence of it working?

point taken but on the skins thing i believe i got mixed up i thought you guys were talking about full length skins bike pants length skins is fine so yeah my mix up.

and on the power balance band yeah abit stupid to waste $60 i guess but hey the bloke in the sports store did the test with me and yep i fell for it i guess if the blokes that believe they work wear them and keep thinking that no harm done i guess.

i still have no proof that they work i guess it is all in your head

what a load of carp!

those tests at the store are a joke. Of course it works the second time because your mind is tuned into what is happening.
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An absolute con.

i wear one in my sock playing footy, havnt noticed any change but it cant hurt, so ill continue to use it!!

I can vouch they work I did a test a my place having a bbq on a sunday afternoon. One of my mates said let me where it and see what I think, I handed it over then walked to my fridge to get another beer. As it happens I fell flat on my bum in the kitchen. Admittingly I had a few beers in the tank but it proved that I was unstable on my feet without it as I did not fall over earlier getting a beer.

MR JUICY wrote:I can vouch they work I did a test a my place having a bbq on a sunday afternoon. One of my mates said let me where it and see what I think, I handed it over then walked to my fridge to get another beer. As it happens I fell flat on my bum in the kitchen. Admittingly I had a few beers in the tank but it proved that I was unstable on my feet without it as I did not fall over earlier getting a beer.

that is a horrible example of a test

A test all the same - you cannot argue with the evidence