Love it use at the gym on arm day

My husband had a massive stroke early Dec 2016. I ordered this to help him regain his strength. It's easy to use and I definitely feel like it's doing the job!

The pump you get from using this is phenomenal! I use this on every arm day. I'm curling 120 pound EZ bar and this holds up well.

I remember these from my youth. Purchased one for my son; it's awkward to use. Maybe if used with a weight belt on it might be better, but the pressure it places on your gut is unbelievable. My son is thin and it squeezes every little ounce of fat he has on his stomach out below the bar. It's very awkward, and doesn't encourage anyone to use it. Also no instruction. The contraption itself is exactly as it looks online, I think it will work great as designed, maybe we're not using it correctly. Again no instructions, so it's difficult to figure out where exactly it should be placed; higher as opposed to lower.

Right out of the box, this thing blew me away. That curved plate that does most of the work? Yeah that's 1/4" thick solid steel. I definitely wasn't expecting that, but there it was. The downside is that the buckle that holds that beautiful plate in place is plastic, and seems to pop open at the slightest pressure, but maybe that's a safety feature? It isn't comfortable (and isn't really supposed to be), with some weight on the dumbbells, it definitely constricts your breathing ability while in use, but it 100% does the job that it claims, that beefy steel plate will not let your elbows break the plane.