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York Spring Chest Expander | 
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| Brand: York Fitness
Category: Sports
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £9.99
You Save: £3.00 (23%)
New (3) from £9.99
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 15.4 x 5 x 1.7
UPC: 014961600353
EAN: 0014961600353
ASIN: B000N3T1BS
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Types of materials used:Metal & Plastic | | • | 5 levels of adjustability | | • | Great for building upper body strength |
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Product Description
5 levels of adjustability. Great for building upper body strength.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The old ones are the best June 17, 2008
Mr. Colin Kerr (Scotland)
No I don't mean me though I am pretty old. I used Terry's old fashioned chest expanders for years before the springs began to gap. True the handles broke sooner but you can make new ones with a bit of broom handle. In just a few weeks two of the York springs have gapped. Fortunately you get 5 springs and each one is fairly strong. However they feel like you are pulling them beyond the elastic point and don't have the nice smooth feel of Terry's. I don't even have very long arms. York's handles look unlikely to break though. I don't think you can get the Terry's ones anymore so if you just want to prove that you will maintain an exercise regime and don't have long arms, these are a cheap way to start.
Update - The 3rd spring recently stretched out so I photographed it and emailed York fitness asking their opinion. To their great credit they were concerned and have replaced the springs, so full marks for cutomer satisfaction on this occasion. Examining the stretched spring carefully I have a theory that if sweat gets inside the springs where there is unpainted metal it causes corrosion and that results in the metal weakening. There are plastic sleeves which are meant to stop your chest hairs getting caught but they are not long enough to stop the springs touching your chest at full extension because they don't stay in the centre when expanded. The solution to this is to fix the sleeve in the middle of the spring by threading something through it and the spring. I will try this with the new springs and see if it helps.
OK March 6, 2008
Mr. Dv Henry (Wiltshire, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When i first tried it, it was impossible. Had to take a few springs off but I guess thats great that I wasn't already at the max tension so I can really go further.
It doesn't come with any exercise instructions which is dissapointing and the plastic covers to protect your skin from gettin pinched by the springs doesn't work well because by the time you have the spring at full stretch the plastic cover hardly takes up any of the surface area of the spring.
 Chest Expander?? - False Advertising September 23, 2007
Jim Partington (Manchester, UK)
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I think you'll find the movements available with this device work your upper back, and deltoid muscles.
Think about the range of motion, and effort involved in benchpressing, or chest flye weights exercises, they are pretty much the opposite of the motions possible with this thing.
It's a decent workout for your upper back and shoulders, but it won't do anything for your chest. Sorry folks, start benchpressing or something.
 Get fitter June 23, 2007
Miguel F G (Lancs. G.B.)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
The York chest expander is great value for money, i doubt that there is a better product than this available.
Compared with my old chest expander two springs on the York are equivalent to three on my previous model.
Excellent quality - looks as though they could last forever.
I am extremely satisfied.
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