Resistance bands provide an effective way to forge strength and muscle in the sanctuary of your home. From looped straps about shins and tight-pulled resistance bands secured around fixtures, you can use these flexible companions for all levels of exercises – from basics like bicep curls or chest presses all the way through advanced squats or overhead presses targeting specific muscles. Take it a step further by experimenting with multiple types at various resistances; challenge yourself as you rise up each fitness rung!
The Banded No Money exercise is an exciting strength training workout that requires no access to gyms or expensive equipment. It combines dynamic movements with bands of varying levels of resistance and is designed to improve your range of motion while building strength in your upper body, core, and hips. Using a pull-up band or…
This exercise targets your hamstrings, glutes, lower back muscles, with some additional activation from your abs. The Banded Hip Extension Exercise instructional video. 1. Keep your ribs pulled down and abs tightly braced to keep your lower back from arching. 2. Push your hips back until you get a light stretch in your hamstrings….
This exercise targets your rear delts, forearms, traps, and to a lesser extent; abs and lower back muscles. The Banded Face Pull Exercise instructional video. 1. Let your shoulder blades spread apart when your arms are forward. 2. Pull the band towards your face and finish with your thumbs pointed upward and your shoulder…
The banded external rotation at 90 degrees abduction is an exercise that can benefit athletes, patients with shoulder pain, and healthy individuals alike. As you start the exercise in a prone position with your elbow bent to 90 degrees and your arm abducted to 90 degrees, you feel the resistance of the band as it…
The Banded External Rotation at 30 Degrees Abduction (BER) is a revolutionary exercise designed to strengthen the rotator cuff muscles and improve shoulder function. As published by Elsevier in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Board, this exercise can help alleviate pain caused by rotator cuff tears, subacromial impingement syndrome, glenohumeral internal rotation deficit…
If you’re looking to build strength and tone your biceps, there’s no better way than performing banded curls. These exercises will give your arms a workout like never before by utilizing the resistance of strong elastic bands that loop around your hands. As you curl with resistance, feel the burn in your muscles and watch…
This exercise targets your quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves, and to a lesser extent; abs and lower back. The Band-Resisted Squat Exercise instructional video. 1. Lock your ribs down with your abs. 2. Keep your feet straight ahead. 3. Tuck your tailbone and squat straight down. 4. Keep your knees straight out over your toes….
At The Body Blueprint believe that every person should be able to perform a band-resisted scapular pushup (BRSP) with ease and grace. For those unfamiliar with this exercise, it is an upper body strength training move which uses resistance bands to target the muscles of your shoulders and triceps while also activating your serratus anterior…
This exercise targets your chest muscles, obliques, front-delts, triceps, and abs. The Band-Resisted Ring Pushup Exercise instructional video. 1. Only lower as far down as you can without your shoulders popping forward. 2. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and downward at the bottom of the rep. 3. Keep your abs tight and your ribs…
This exercise targets your chest muscles, front-delts, triceps, and abs. The Band-Resisted Pushup Exercise instructional video. 1. Only lower as far down as you can without your shoulders popping forward. 2. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and downward at the bottom of the rep. 3. Keep your abs tight and your ribs pulled down…