How To Do A Roll Up Into A Front Raise With Tubing Video

A front raise will help to tone your shoulders as well as your abs. Learn how to use resistance bands to do front raises from a certified personal fitness trainer in this exercise video.

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Make "X" with bands
Lift up
Keep body stable
Lift shoulders

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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.

Hi, I'm going show you a combination move on how to do a rollup which is a teaser--a Pilates move into a front raise, working on the interior part of your shoulders. This is a lot like using the equipment for Pilates. So the band's going to help you really go into that motion that you want to be in. Make sure that the band goes into the arch of your feet as opposed to the balls of your feet. Across the band, you're going to pinch the thumb and index finger together, let the handles dangle. Come down one vertebra at a time. All the way down to the small of your back, shoulders relaxed. Bring your body up. Peel-up off the floor. As you lift up, keep your body stable. We're lifting up into a front raise and down. Make sure that your band does not slide up your feet. So keep that resistance there, that's about shoulder width apart. Roll it down, come up, lift the shoulders. Sort of lifting palms towards floor, just diagonal with your shoulders. Coming back down, keep the tension on the feet. Make sure they're shoulder width apart. Inhale, lift, exhale, lowers. So you shouldn't be able to get--no matter what level you are you should be able to pop into this position pretty well because the band actually helps guide your body up. You want to try between six and eight repetitions. Relax your shoulders. Curl down. Every single section of your spine should touch the floor. Peel-up off the floor. Think about that C-curve. Lift, engage. Shoulder blades are relaxed so try not to choke your neck. Open up the chest and then roll it back down one vertebra at a time. Inhale up, exhale down. And that is how we do our rollup with a front raise using a band.

How to Do a Roll Up into a Front Raise With Tubing Video

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