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Printable 20-Minute Resistance Band Workout

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-- By Nicole Nichols, Fitness Instructor
This is the printable version of our 20-Minute Resistance Band Workout Video. We recommend that you watch the video (and read its supporting text) before trying this abbreviated version.

Chest Pull with Band
 
15 reps

 

 

Sit tall in a chair with your abs engaged. Fold your resistance band in half and grip each end in front of your chest, elbows bent. Pull the band, bringing it closer to your chest and straightening your arms, and then slowly release it back to the start position.

 

 

Exhale as you pull and inhale as you release.

 

 














Bent Over Row with Band

 

 

15 reps

 

 

Place the resistance band under your feet and grasp each handle. Engage your abs and bend forward from the waist until your back is parallel to the floor, releasing your arms down toward the ground. Pull the handles upward, drawing your shoulder blades together and your elbows toward the ceiling and slowly release back down to the start position.

 

 

Keep your abs engaged to protect your lower back. Move your feet closer to the handles to make it harder; closer to the center of the band to make it easier.

 

 

Exhale as you pull up and inhale as you release.

 

 














Shoulder Raises with Band

 

 

15 reps

 

 

Place the resistance band under your feet and grasp each handle. Sit tall with your abs engaged and arms slightly bent at the elbows.  Lift the arms up to shoulder level and slowly release back down to the start position.

 

 

Keep your wrists in line with the forearms, not bent. Move your feet closer to the handles to make it harder; closer to the center of the band to make it easier.

 

 

Exhale as you pull up and inhale as you release.

 

 


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Nicole Nichols Nicole Nichols
Nicole was named "America's Top Personal Trainer to Watch" in 2011. A certified personal trainer and fitness instructor with a bachelor's degree in health promotion and education, she loves living a healthy and fit lifestyle and helping others do the same. Her DVDs "Total Body Sculpting" and "28 Day Boot Camp" (a best seller) are available online and in stores nationwide. Read Nicole's full bio and blog posts.

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Member Comments

  • CUTEGRANNY2
    This workout is so wonderful for us folks with fibromalgia and others who have problems with flexability. PLEASE create a dvd for us that we can buy. I need workouts like this so much and I know so many other folks who do too. Thanks so much for this. - 3/15/2013 2:05:48 PM
  • MZJSNELSON
    i TRULY ENJOYED THIS WORK OUT AT MY OWN PAST....CAN FEEL MUSCLES WARMING UP...,HELPS CONTROL BREATHING....i HAVE THE XERCISE CHAIR
    WITH CONNECTIONS BUILT ONTO THE CHAIR - 3/5/2013 11:12:18 PM
  • JAFFA62
    Heat transfer across materials of high thermal conductivity occurs at a higher rate than across materials of low thermal conductivity. Correspondingly materials of high thermal conductivity are widely used in heat sink applications and materials of low thermal conductivity are used as thermal insulation. Thanks.
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    - 5/17/2012 1:33:10 AM
  • JAFFA62
    Heat transfer across materials of high thermal conductivity occurs at a higher rate than across materials of low thermal conductivity. Correspondingly materials of high thermal conductivity are widely used in heat sink applications and materials of low thermal conductivity are used as thermal insulation. Thanks.
    Regards,
    http://www.grad
    uateschoolper
    sonalstatement.net/
    - 5/17/2012 1:33:08 AM
  • Is there a way to resize the document so the printed version is not 25 pages long? - 5/4/2012 12:18:34 PM
  • Love having this printable for those of us limping along on dial-up! Thanks!

    I got a nice set of Spri resistance bands at a thrift store for 99 cents each. :-) Try Play it Again Sports, Craigslist & thrift stores for used exercise equipment. Especially a few months after New Year Resolutions wear off, all sorts of things turn up! - 4/19/2011 2:13:12 AM
  • Love having this printable for those of us limping along on dial-up! Thanks!

    I got a nice set of Spri resistance bands at a thrift store for 99 cents each. :-) Try Play it Again Sports, Craigslist & thrift stores for used exercise equipment. Especially a few months after New Year Resolutions wear off, all sorts of things turn up! - 4/19/2011 2:13:10 AM
  • I would love to see this workout available for my tracker!!! - 9/15/2010 7:08:16 AM
  • STARCHIC88
    Thank you! I would have never thought to look in Cardio for it. :) - 2/1/2010 10:43:05 AM
  • Great workout, but be VERY careful. One of the exercises has you put the band behind your foot. I pulled the band back a little too hard and it rolled right off my foot, slapping me right in my face and eye. Dangerous!

    Instead, stand behind your chair an do calf raises. They are safer, and actually more effective. - 2/1/2010 7:44:51 AM
  • To log it on your fitness tracker, go to the cardio section and click add cardio. Type in Sparkpeople, and the list will have all of their videos, etc. Find the one that says SparkPeople: 20-minutes resistance band workout video. That's the one. Be sure to click the favorite box so you don't have to hunt it down. :) - 1/31/2010 9:32:21 PM
  • STARCHIC88
    I love this workout. Please tell me how I can add it to my regular Fitness Tracking, it's strange to me that it wouldn't automatically be linked to it and I do this workout regulalry and would love to be able to track it.
    Thanks :) - 1/31/2010 7:47:21 PM
  • I HAVE BLACK BANDS AND I WILL REALLY TRY THIS TO FEEL REALLY SWEATY. THANKS NICOLE - 9/17/2008 6:15:53 PM
  • KAYVB1024
    I liked the video and will have to find a place to go buy the bands. I think even a beginner can do this excercise, which would be me. :-) Thanks for the information. - 7/25/2008 12:51:30 PM
  • How nice to see a "regular sized" person rather than a skinny model doing the excercises!! - 6/23/2008 10:32:39 AM
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