Repeat this circuit twice. The high reps will get your heart rate pumping, which helps create lean muscle and smooth, sexy lines.
Front raise
Reps: 30
Works: Shoulders, back and core
Stand on your resistance band, holding one end of the band in each hand with your palms facing your thighs and your abs and glutes engaged to help with your balance (A). Keeping your arms straight, raise them towards your shoulders, being careful not to lean back as you lift the band (B). Hold for a second, then slowly lower your hands to the start.
Pull and twist
Reps: 8 Works: Back, shoulders, core and obliques
Wrap your band around a sturdy, fixed object at shoulder height. Take hold of the band with both ends in your left hand and step your left foot back (A), then drive your left elbow back. Pause here for a second, then twist your shoulders to the left, rotating at the waist, but keeping your lower body facing forward (B). That’s one rep.
Abductor extension
Reps: 20 each side
Works: Glutes, outer thighs, obliques and abs
Lying on your side, loop the band around the sole of your top foot with your foot flexed. Extend your leg away from you until the band is straight (A), then bend your leg, so your knee comes into your chest (B). That’s one rep.
Plank glute kick-back
Reps: 20 each side
Works: Glutes, back, shoulders, chest, core, abs
Get into a press-up start position with your hands directly under your shoulders and the band looped around your left foot (A). Lift your left leg off the ground behind you (B), then bend your left leg into your chest, before kicking it out behind you. Squeeze your glutes at the top of the move, then repeat. Do all the reps on your left leg before repeating on your right.
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