Latex band excercise

Never miss a workout with this multitasking, portable tool. Get into pushup position with your feet together, holding the ends of the band in place with your hands [top photo]. Hold the ends of the latex band in your hands. The colorful stretchy bands were developed for physical therapy in nursing homes to help strengthen and stabilize aging muscles. Lower your body to perform a full pushup [bottom photo]. Latex bands may be small, but when they're stretched they provide tension that your muscles must overpower.

The colorful stretchy bands were developed for physical therapy in nursing homes to help strengthen and stabilize aging muscles. Exercises for the legs might benefit from the use of a heavier band, while some arm exercises work better with less tension. Flow evenly as you exercise in line with the level of tension in the band -- too loose and you need a heavier band, jerky and you should try a lighter band. For an ankle injury, latex bands are used to strengthen range of motion once the joint is pain-free. Replace any band with weak spots, rips or cracks. Small enough to slip in your pocket, a latex band provides a world of strengthening exercises.

To get the best workout, choose the band that matches your strength and upgrade when the exercises become easy for you. From Center Stage to Center Court Latex stretch bands will help you to perfect strength in a move that occurs frequently in an aerobic activity. References American College of Sports Medicine: A band anchored by one foot and grasped in the opposing hand provides a cross-body bend and stretch, out and up, to work the arm and shoulder for arabesque.