Resistance Band Workout: Total Body Circuit
If you’re looking for a total body workout that targets every muscle group and requires limited equipment, grab a band and get started with these five exercises. This resistance band workout strengthens your legs, shoulders, back, and arms, with interesting variations that challenge your balance and work your core. Complete each exercise consecutively for the recommended number of repetitions, then repeat the circuit two more times, resting 1-2 minutes between each circuit.
Circuit Workout:
Exercise One: Bicep Curl to Overhead Press
Targets: Biceps, Shoulders
Repetitions: 16x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue8s6MByDUE
Exercise Two: Reverse Lunge to a Knee Balance
Targets: Glutes, Legs, Core
Repetitions: 8x each leg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T3sUVlp93g
Exercise Three: Reverse Row
Targets: Upper Back
Repetitions: 16x
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oukGhdMgSo
Exercise Four: Side Lunge with a Side Press
Targets: Glutes, Legs, Core, Shoulders, Arms
Repetitions: 8x each side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8db-RQ4wRyQ
Exercise Five: Hip Extension to Knee Balance
Targets: Glutes, Core
Repetitions: 8x each side
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKk0Wl0_B-Y
Form and Execution Tips:
Be sure to keep your torso long and extended, abdominals engaged, glutes tight, chest open, and shoulders down, and head in line with your spine.
Tip: Remember that exercise bands offer variable resistance, which means that the resistance changes throughout the range of motion. This keeps the movement dynamic and allows you to create the amount resistance you need. If you need the work to be harder, step further away from the anchored band so the pull is greater, use a band with greater resistance, or increase your range of motion throughout the exercises.
Tip: Make sure that your band doesn’t have any “rebound,” when you return to your start position. This means that you don't want there to be any slack in the band no matter where you are in the movement.
Best to you in health~
Angie
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