Resistance Band Workout: Total Body Circuit

by Angie Miller

Angie Miller

 

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.

 

Exercise One: Bicep Curl to Overhead Press

  • Targets: Biceps, Shoulders
  • Repetitions: 16x  
Exercise Two: Reverse Lunge to a Knee Balance
  • Targets: Glutes, Legs, Core
  • Repetitions: 8x each leg  
Exercise Three: Reverse Row 
  • Targets: Upper Back
  • Repetitions: 16x  
Exercise Four: Side Lunge with a Side Press
  • Targets: Glutes, Legs, Core, Shoulders, Arms
  • Repetitions: 8x each side  
Exercise Five: Hip Extension to Knee Balance
  • Targets: Glutes, Core
  • Repetitions: 8x each side   
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 Miller, M.S., is a fitness educator, university instructor, and Licensed Professional Counselor who blends her skills and expertise to empower individuals, mentally and physically, and provide them the tools they need to succeed. A veteran group exercise instructor and personal trainer, Angie is the star of acclaimed exercise DVD’s, including the Bedroom Body™ workout. Her passion for progressive education brought her to Northern Illinois University, where she teaches in the Dept. of Kinesiology & Physical Education. Outside of the university, she presents at fitness conventions worldwide and leads industry trainings as an AFAA Certification Specialist and Kettlebell Concepts Master Instructor. Angie writes for fitness journals and digital communities, and blogs for Collage Video. Connect with Angie at: http://www.angiemillerfitness.com

 

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