How To Use Resistance Tubing

Today’s Tuesday T word = Tubing as in Resistance Tubing
They’re light, portable and offer an excellent workout.
Resistance tubing is ideal for home workouts or when you’re on the go.
They help to condition your cardiovascular system as well as strengthening specific muscle groups that sometimes are harder to target when using other types of weights and workouts.

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See, even Jessica Biel uses resistance bands!

Here are just a few exercises you can do using the resistance tubing (videos coming soon to YouTube)
But, until the videos are up, check out these from Livestrong

Bicep Curls
Curls strengthen your biceps, the muscles located on the upper, front portion of your arms. Your biceps flex your elbows and help rotate your forearms. Hold a handle in each hand and hang the tubing in front of your body. Step both feet onto the middle of the tubing and bend your knees slightly. Turn your palms up, hang your arms by your sides, keeping them close to your body. Slowly lift the handles toward your shoulders, squeezing your biceps during the movement. Lower to straight and repeat until you complete 15 curls. Widening the distance between your feet increases the intensity of this exercise.

Seated Row
The seated row strengthens your back muscles, your biceps and your core muscles. Attach the tubing to a door, wrap it around a sturdy object or ask a partner to hold the middle of it. Hold a handle in each hand and walk away from the anchor, stopping after you create slight tension. Face the anchor, sit on the ground, bend your knees and rest your feet on the ground. Straighten your spine, lean back slightly and pull your shoulder blades down and together. Lift your arms in front of your body, parallel to the floor and turn your palms toward one another. Slowly, pull the handles toward your chest, stopping when your elbows cannot go back any further. Extend your arms to straight and repeat until you complete a total of 15 rows. Increase the distance between yourself and the anchor to make this more difficult. Reduce the distance if you need to lean forward or move your back to do the rows.

Squats
Squats build lower-body strength and build muscular mass in your glutes, quadriceps, thighs and hamstrings. Resistance tubing adds external resistance to squats and requires your muscles to work harder than body-weight squats alone. Hold a handle in each hand and hang the tubing in front of your body. Step your feet, shoulder-width apart, onto the tubing and bend your knees slightly. Lift the handles next to your shoulders and maintain straight wrists throughout the squats. Your knuckles face upward in the correct position. Stick your glutes out behind you, tighten your midsection and straighten your back. Lower your hips toward the ground, stopping when your thighs are parallel to the ground. Push up through your heels and return to standing. Repeat until you complete 15 squats.

Lunges
Lunges work most of the muscles in your legs. Stand with your feet hip-width apart and step back with your left leg, approximately 2 feet, standing on the ball of the foot, says Sports Fitness Advisor. Place the resistance band under your leading foot and create resistance by bringing the bands up to shoulder height, with your palms facing forward. Keep your chest up and back straight as you sink slowly into a lunge until your thigh is parallel with the floor then return to the starting position. Complete 12 to 15 repetitions then switch legs and repeat.

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Question of the day
Have you used resistance bands in your workouts?
Would you?