Yogitoes yStrap Yoga Strap
$14.73
- Supportive strap for adding resistance to yoga postures
- Nylon/spandex blend offers comfortable, flexible feel
- Ideal for hand-to-toe stretches, bridge pose, and more
- Also works for shoulder stands, downward dog, and handstands
- Measures nine inches flat and stretches up to 30 inches
Product Description
Strap is a supportive tool that allows you to engage in a pose, providing flexible resistance.Amazon.com Product Description
Need to hold a tough pose for more than a few seconds? Turn to the Yogitoes yStrap, a supportive strap that lets you add flexible resistance to a host of yoga postures. Particularly helpful for hamstring-stretching leg poses, the yStrap is made of a nylon/spandex blend that stretches from 9 inches all the way up to 30 inches. The str… More >>
Another reviewer calls this strap worthless because they were trying to use it like a traditional yoga strap. That’s like saying the Yogitoes towels are worthless because they’re not absorbent enough to dry your hair with after a shower! You’re not using it for its intended purpose!
I used one at a yoga workshop this weekend and found it to be far superior to a traditional yoga strap for holding your elbows in during Pincha Mayurasana and handstands.
Think of this as a specialty item in addition to your other straps.
Rating: 5 / 5
Yogitoes yStrap is a specialized tool for arm balance training. It is not a general purpose yoga strap. Whereas a traditional strap forcibly locks your eIbows in place during arm balances, Yogitoes yStrap uses tension like a feedback system helping to hold your elbows in, like a partner or instructor would at the studio.
The buckles adjust its length from about 8.5″ to 12.5″ like the shoulder strap on a gym bag. Mine stretches to about 23″ without too much strain and that is much more than I’ll ever need for an arm balance. I actually keep mine fairly tight because my elbows splay out in certain arm balances.
This video demonstration with an arm balance expert, sponsored by Yogitoes, explains it all much better than I can [...]
This is a very good product if you need it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am a huge fan of the grossly overpriced Yogitoes line. I’ve purchased every color hBand (please someone tell me why you would buy them in a 4 pack for $23.95 when you can purchase them individually – not always in stock on Amazon, but definitely elsewhere -for between $2.50 and – at the very most – $3.95!?!). The only reason I’m not giving the yStrap just one star is because it’s from yogitoes. Otherwise, if you want to purchase this for yoga practice (or anything else) I TRULY hope that you are purchasing a normal strap also. Why? BECAUSE IT’S USELESS!
A) It doesn’t unbuckle (why have a “buckle” then? much less two!), therefore you cannot use it for the wrapping or sitting poses where you wrap it around you and buckle or tie.
B) It doesn’t stretch 30 inches (not even close), so you can’t use it for leg stretches/poses, or even most arm stretches.
The only function that the yStrap may have is to bridge the gap when you can’t clasp hands, but I actually think that a hand towel works better in that instance as well!
Don’t get me wrong though. I’m not angry about it’s uselessness and I’m definitely keeping it. After all, it’s yogitoes. Their accessories are to yoga what juicy couture is to tracksuits. Some items are useful/well made but for the most part it’s all just marketing and materialism. Just save your $ and buy the ecodot or the mSeat.
UPDATE-the “buckle” makes this product very easy to break as well…so if you want to try and stretch it to even half of the promised “30 inches” (I swear it goes 15 at the most! That’s a little bigger than a ruler people, it may just cover a pigeon’s wingspan) plan on hearing the plastic snap, or being constant fear that it will snap (I suggest trying it out alone before putting other yogis at risk of sharp orange plastic flying objects).
Rating: 2 / 5