equipment

Resistance Band

sets

3

reps

12-15

rest

45-60 sec

1. Stand on the middle of a resistance band with both feet.
2. Hold one end of the band in each hand at shoulder height.
3. Set your palms facing forward with elbows bent.
4. Set your feet about hip width apart.
5. Brace your midsection and keep your ribs down.

1. Press both hands upward against the band.
2. Continue until your arms are extended overhead.
3. Keep your hands roughly over your shoulders at the top.
4. Lower back to shoulder height under control.
5. Resist the band on the way down rather than letting it pull you.

Exhale as you press up, inhale as you lower.

• Keep your ribs down instead of arching the lower back.
• Stand on more of the band to increase resistance.
• Press straight up rather than forward.
• Control the lowering phase.
• Keep your wrists straight and stacked.

• Arching the lower back to press against heavy band tension.
• Letting the band pull the hands down quickly.
• Pressing the hands forward rather than overhead.
• Standing on too little of the band so tension is inconsistent.
• Letting the wrists bend backward.

From hands at shoulder height to arms extended overhead. Band tension peaks at the top of the press.