How To Do The Torso Track Exercise Video

Complete workout for your back. Learn exercises and stretches for your workout routine in this fitness video.

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Shoulder blades touch bench
Separate arms as you come up
Exhale as you sit up, inhale as you lower

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi. I'm going to show you how to simulate a torso track movement. Take a band and place it around the handle of a slant board machine. Get a really good grip and lay all the way down on your back. Your shoulder blades should touch the bench. As you come up, you're going to use every muscle in your upper body, pull those arms out nice and wide, working through triceps, rear delts, upper back; your abs are going to be engaged. Lower back down, release the tension in the band, exhale as you sit up, inhale as you lower. We're going to try between 8 to 12 repetitions and 2 to 3 sets. So key things to think about: When you're coming out, separate your arms like you're trying to fly, keep a slight bend in your elbows. We're engaging across the triceps and the back of your arms into your rear deltoid, and down into your lats as well as your ab muscles. Inhale lower, release the tension in the band, exhale lift. Separate the chest, open up the chest wall and then release. You want to keep the movement going, you are just going to barely touch the back to the bench and then lift straight back up. Exhale as you lift, inhale as you lower. Couple of things to think about: Relax your toes. You don't want your toes to be too tight. Shoulder blades are down the spine, neck is open. Step one, we're going to lean back, come all the way down. Step two, as you come up, arms are going to pull open nice and wide, you are engaging across your shoulder and down into your back. Step three is going to release. This is how we simulate the torso track exercise.

How to Do the Torso Track Exercise Video

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