Colored resistance exercise bands provide you with an at-home training tool to exercise every muscle group. The bands with clips on the ends save you time when you want to change from a handle to an ankle strap. You will have one handle if you choose to clip on more than one band and not have the interference of additional handles with traditional resistance bands. You will be able to perform a variety of exercises with this inexpensive home workout system.
Resistance Bands
Exercise resistance bands are rubber tubes that you can stretch for use during strength training exercises. The tubes are color-coded to match resistance levels. For example, a yellow band is a light resistance level. A black band is a heavy resistance level. You can combine the bands by clipping them onto the handle for many resistance level combinations.
Upper Body
You can strengthen your upper body with clipped resistance bands. By standing in the middle of the band and holding a handle in each hand, you can bend and straighten your arms to strengthen the front of the top of your arm, or bicep. You can wrap the band around your back and hold a handle in each hand as you straighten and bend your arms at shoulder height in front of your body for a chest press exercise.
Lower Body
You can use the resistance bands for lower body strengthening exercises. You can attach the ankle strap to one end of the band and secure the other end to a chair or couch leg. If you stand facing the secure end and place one ankle in the strap, you can bend and straighten your leg behind your body to strengthen your hamstring, the back of your upper leg. If you turn and face away from the secure end, you can extend and bend your leg to the front of your body to strengthen your quadricep, the front of your upper leg.
Abdominals
You can strengthen your core through the use of colored resistance bands. Clip one or two bands into the handles and stand in the middle of the band. Hold a handle in each hand and slowly bend to the side by bringing your ribs toward a hip. Return to standing and repeat on the opposite side. You can secure the resistance bands to a high support such as a door frame or basement beam. Face away from the support and stand tall, holding the handles with your hands over your head. Slowly bend forward to stretch the resistance band and then return to standing.
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