How To Do An Abdominal Tuck With Tubing Video

Abdominal tucks are great for getting your stomach flat and ripped. Learn how to use resistance bands to do abdominal tucks from a certified personal fitness trainer in this exercise video.

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Make "X" with bands
Hands over head
Pull knees into chest
6-12 repetitions

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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 demonstrate how to do an abdominal tuck using your resistance band. Take the band; place it around the arch of your feet. You want a medium resistance band. The yellow band is your light resistance. It might be too easy to move through the motions. So grab onto the green band, take it and make an X. We're going to grab on, with your thumb and your index finger, bring your body down so that your knees come up towards your chest. Your ultimate goal is to take your hands, push them up over your head and then tuck your knees back into your body. If this is too much resistance, grab on to the handles. You're shooting your arms and legs away from your body and then you're pulling your knees back into your chest. So it's an inhale as you push, exhale as you contract. Our ultimate goal here is to keep the shoulder blades cleared off the floor. Chin is tucked slightly, think about that fist under your chin, body stays stable, shoot it out and then bring it back in. You want to do between 6 and 12 repetitions. Nice and smooth range of motion. Shooting those arms up over your head. Reach and contract. Hands are going right next to the kneecap. Once you complete that set, take a low breather. You can do side knees from one side to the other, just stretch through the lower back, which is an exercise where you just drop the knees to one side. Let the body relax, switch it to the other side and then we're going to repeat this another two to three sets. So give that one a try and that is how we do your tucks using a resistance band.

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