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Exercises By Muscle Group
Choose Your Muscle Group
Shoulders
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Stacker position – belt; Bands position – 1; Location – waist.
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Target Muscle Area: Middle/Front Shoulder, Triceps.
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Standing or seated.
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Grab handles with knuckles-up grip (Strap in front of forearm).
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Begin with elbows bent and out to the sides.
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Reach as high as possible without trying to bring hands together.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
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Arm path directly out to the sides of the body
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Try to keep elbows directly under handles (vertical forearms).
Chest
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Stacker position – belt; Bands position – 1; Location – just below chest.
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Target Muscle Area: Middle/Upper Chest, Front Shoulder, Triceps.
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Standing or seated.
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Grab handles with knuckles-up grip (Strap below or inside of forearm).
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Begin with elbows bent and out to the sides.
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Horizontal/flat arm path just below shoulders.
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While extending elbows, cross forearms as much as possible.
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With each rep, alternate which arm goes above/below the other.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
Triceps
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Stacker position – belt; Bands position – 1; Location – just below chest.
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Target Muscle Area: Triceps.
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Standing or seated.
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Grab handles with knuckles-up grip (Strap below or inside of forearm).
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Keep elbow out to the side and slightly forward.
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Begin with elbow bent and hand in front of chest.
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Try to fully extend arm.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
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Other version:
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Hammer grip (Strap inside of forearm).
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Target Muscle Area: Triceps.
Biceps
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Stacker position – stirrup; Bands position – 3; Location – feet.
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Target Muscle Area: Biceps.
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Knees very slightly bent.
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Grab handles with palm-up grip.
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Begin with arms hanging down and facing each other.
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Keep upper arms fixed in vertical position.
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Bring hand as high as possible.
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Once returned to starting position, repeat with other side.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
Legs
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Stacker position – belt; Bands position – 2 and 3 (stronger band in pos.2); Stacker location – waist; Ankle strap location – feet.
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Target Muscle Area: Thigh, Butt.
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Feet pointing slightly outward.
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Try to descend until thighs parallel to floor.
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Keep knees in direct line between ankles and hips.
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Keep knees from reaching beyond front of toes.
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Try to keep torso as erect as possible but torso naturally leans forward near the bottom.
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If beginning from bottom, initial ascent to top position counts as the first rep.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
Back
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Stacker position – stirrup; Bands position – 1; Location – feet.
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Target Muscle Area: Outer/Upper Back, Rear Shoulder, Biceps.
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Shoulder-wide split-foot stance and knees slightly bent.
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Grab handles with hammer grip.
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Opposite hand or forearm on knee for support.
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Begin with arm extended downward.
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Arm path close to torso.
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Pull elbow as far back and up as you can.
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Other versions:
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Additional instructions and further details available here.
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Underhand grip (palm up)
Abs/Core
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Stacker position – stirrup; Bands position – 1; Location – feet.
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Target Muscle Area: Side Abs.
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Hammer grip (palm in).
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Knees very slightly bent.
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Begin with bend at the waist toward the band side.
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Bend as far as you can to the opposite side.
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Path is directly sideways without any forward or backward bending.
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Additional instructions and further details available here.