We know the importance of training for an athlete. We also know what it feels like to be held back from training.

Our story begins in 2010 with our founder George Corbo. He was a CrossFit coach, spending seven days a week in a gym – coaching athletes and training in Strength & Conditioning.

In high school, George had broken both his wrists in a football accident, and even though he had continued to play sports and train, his wrists were never the same. During and after training, his wrists continued to hurt and ache no matter how strong he grew.

Strength and Conditioning is hard enough without pain. He needed a solution. He started with athletic tape around the wrists, but it did not eliminate the pain, and it was uncomfortable and unsustainable as it pulled on his skin and ended in the trash daily.

Like anyone would, he went out and purchased all the wrist wraps he could find available in stores and online. None of them performed to the standard he needed for intense training and heavy weight.

So he started working on his own pair. After a year of research and development and 10 prototypes, he had sourced the best materials and innovated the perfect pair of Wrist Wraps.

His pain was gone and his performance improved immediately. He could put on the wraps quickly, lift as much weight as he wanted pain-free, and wear the wraps for his entire session, no matter how long it was or what he was doing. He had found the perfect combination of stretch and support, so they were comfortable and lasted years of use.

It started with athletes at George's gym and soon spread to thousands of gym-goers, military personnel in bases around the world, and competitive athletes. Strength athletes from Powerlifting, Weightlifting, Strongman, Bodybuilding, and CrossFit immediately loved the wraps.

At MANIMAL, we approach every product the same way we did the first: built to last and to perform at the highest level. We strive for perfection in our products because we know your training demands it, and as athletes – so do we.