Resistance Exercises

Some Basic Resistance exercises to get you started

Resistance Band Front Shoulder Raises
1. Stand with your legs spaced shoulder width apart.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, knees bent and chest relaxed.
3. Raise the weight directly up, while focusing on your shoulders.
4. Stop when your elbow joints are in a straight line with your shoulders and reverse the motion down.
5. Under control, lower the weight, stop when your arms slightly touch your sides and reverse the motion back up.

Resistance Band Side Shoulder Raises
1. Stand with your legs spaced shoulder width apart.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, knees bent and chest relaxed.
4. Slightly in front of your sides, lift the weight directly up, while focusing on your shoulders.
5. Stop when your elbow joints are in a straight line with your shoulders and reverse the motion down.
6. Under control, lower the weight, stop when your arms slightly touch your sides and reverse the motion.

Resistance Band Bicep curl
1. Stand with your legs and grip spaced shoulder width apart.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, chest up, knees bent and elbows in. Your elbows should remain stable, in a fixed position, next to your sides.
3. Under control, lift the weight directly up while focusing on your biceps.
4. Stop when the weight is 90° from your shoulder joints and reveres the motion back down.
5. Lower the weight down, stopping just before your elbows are straight and reverse the motion back up.

Resistance Band Tricep Pushdown
1. Sand upright as you hold the exercise tubing. You can attach the exercise tube around a pole, tree, back deck or fence.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, chest up, and elbows stable.
3. While keeping your elbows in and stable, under control, lower the weight down.
4. Stop just before your elbows are straight and reverse the motion back up.
5. Stop when your elbows are 90° from the ground and then reverse the motion back down.

Resistance Band French Press
1. Sit upright on a chair. Rap the exercise tube around and underneath the chair.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, chest up, and elbows stable.
3. While keeping your elbows in and stable, lower the weight down (under control) to your forehead.
4. Stop when the weight is one inch away from your head and reverse the motion back up.
5. Push the weight up, stopping just before your elbows are straight and then reverse the motion back down.

Resistance Band Row
1. Stand upright as you hold the exercise tubing. You can attach the exercise tube around a pole, tree, back deck or fence.
2. Keep your abdominal muscles tight, shoulders down and chest up.
3. Under control, pull the weight back to your stomach, while focusing on bringing your shoulder blades together.
4. Stop just after your elbow joints are in line with your shoulders and reverse the motion back.
5. Under control, lower the weight, stop just before your elbow joints are straight and reverse the motion back towards your body.

Resistance Band Stiff Arm Pulldowns
stand upright as you hold the exercise tubing. You can attach the exercise tube around a pole, tree, back deck or fence.
2. Keeping your abdominal muscles tight, shoulders back and chest up.
3. Under control, pull the weight down while focusing on bringing your shoulder blades together.
4. Stop just after your wrists are in line with your belly button and reverse the motion back up.
5. Under control, reverse the weight back up. Stop just before your elbow joints are in line with your eyes and reverse the motion back down.