Strengthen your core muscles with this resistance exercise bands. Learn how to do in this free exercise video clip from a personal trainer.
Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise. She currently teaches cardio kickboxing, and she trains clients of various ages and fitness levels.
Our next clip is going to be lateral raises with a cross. Now, we are going to start from easiest and go to the most difficult. So the first position we are going to do for this exercise is you are going to put it under the in-step of one foot, you are going to change handles. Okay, you are going to have your bands nice and even, sink down to that front leg, and you are going to raise your arms up, okay. Now, if you are really strong in the shoulders you can extend your arms a little straighter with a slight bend. If your arms are not quite as strong you can just bend them ninety degrees which is kind of my preference because this exercise can be kind of challenging on the neck and shoulders and we want you to be able to last throughout the exercise. So you may only be able to start off with less reps than you anticipated because it is kind of challenging. One way you can modify it and make it a little more challenging is take it under both feet. You are just going to cross the handles. Remember the further your feet are apart the more challenging it is, the closer they are the easier it is going to be. So we are going to try, there we go. Okay, start the handles together, bring it up level. See, it is not so bad. This is really good for strengthening the lateral muscles and everybody likes strong shoulders.
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