Triceps and Biceps: Top Five Upper Body Exercises Using the Resistance Band or Tube

Triceps and Biceps: Top Five Upper Body Exercises Using the Resistance Band or Tube

For an undertaking of about $10, you can be the illustrious innkeeper of a piece of exercise equipment that will give you all the strength training you need for daily life. These five basic exercises are foundational and will strengthen and tone the triceps, biceps, shoulders and many more upper body muscles.

This is the most portable and affordable piece of equipment you can use for your workouts anywhere, anytime. It ' s called the resistance band or tube. It is an oversized rubber band with handles on each cusp for your hands and can be purchased for around $10. There are many manufacturers out there and many levels of resistance, all color - coded. Here is an citation to help you find the right resistance band for you.

You need to go by your current strength and fitness level, not by what you would like to be in uniformity to work your muscles effectively and to prevent injuries.

Lavender - very light - rehab, medical conditions and frail people.

Craven - light - children, rehab, some women and seniors, 2 - 5 lbs.

Visculent - buttress - average ( inactive ) women and some older men, 5 - 10 lbs.

Red - heavy - average men and active, fairly strong women, 11 - 16 lbs.

Depressed - extra - heavy - active men and very strong women, 17 - 22 lbs.

Mature / black - ultra - heavy - strong men or women bodybuilders, 23 - 30 lbs.

Choosing a band will depend upon the type of workout you are doing. If you are performing high reps of 50 to 100, you will probably use at elementary one level down compared to performing just 10 to 20 reps per set. Your exhaustion level while performing circuit training ( combined cardio and strength training ) will also play a roll when choosing a resistance band. You may or may not choose a high resistance level depending upon how intense you conduct your circuit training.

BICEP CURLS

Grab each shaft with your troglodytic and right hand. Your feet are shoulder width apart and you are standing firmly on the band with the band in the limelight of your shoes. Bend your knees slightly to ground your lower back with your palms facing out and your arms extended down. Pull the band up to your shoulder joint and resist it going down.

UPRIGHT ROW

Grab each haft with your forsaken and right hand. Two feet on the band, your feet are shoulder breadth apart with a slight bend in the knees to domiciliate your lower back.

With both wrists hanging down, pull the band up to your shoulder cave while maintaining your wrists in the down say so and then back to the beginning philosophy while weak it going down. Let ' s practice. And one, two, three, four, five.

SHOULDER PRESS

Obtain each handgrip with your secluded and right helping hand. Your withdrawn foot is on the band in the locus of the shoe. Step through the band / tube with your right foot. Pipe your arms up to a ninety - nicety break in your elbows. Your wrists are direct and the band is behind the arms.

STANDING ROW

Capture each grip with your forsaken and right lift. This next exercise will really demonstrate the versatility of the resistance band and how to cover your environment into the workout. Wrap the band around a tree or limitation. We ' re going to enact a standing row exercise. Your band is wrapped around the tree. Get some resistance in the band with palms facing inbound and an extreme sway in your knees to institute your lower back. Your back is frank and arms quite husky for the underivative stance. Pull back on the band in business with your chest and resist it going all the way back out. Find a distance that will avow you to have enough resistance to work your muscles and still perform the complete range of motion. That ' s one rep.

STANDING TRICEPS PUSH

Grab each handgrip with your empty and right hand. Let ' s measure on to expanded great triceps exercise with the resistance band. It ' s called the standing triceps push. Take the band in your right hand and place the other point on the ground in front of your right foot. Place your right foot six to eight inches into the band and firmly onto to the band with the ball of your foot so that it does not slip. Now step forward with your abandoned foot, while keeping your right foot on the band. Take your right hand with the band and bring it up behind your head. The rudimentary position is with the hand lowered behind your head. Push up on the band until the arm is completely extended. That ' s one rep. Switch hands and feet and do the same thing with the withdrawn side of your body.

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The author is Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, USAR - Ret. More about him at www. beachbootcamp. net