Resistance Band Exercises

The best resistance band exercises to tone your core and strengthen your muscles

Resistance bands are a great addition to any strength training routine or rehabilitation program and come in a variety of sizes, lengths, and strengths. This portable exercise equipment is also easily stored, making it perfect for home use, hotel workouts, or when you’re tight on space at the gym. Just like free weights, exercise bands come in a range of resistance levels, from highly stretchable to heavy-duty strength.

There are several advantages to using resistance bands. The first and most obvious advantage is how much easier they will fit into your luggage compared with free weights. There is also a mechanical advantage in resistance bands that resistance is maintained through every part of the motion while many similar free weight exercises are actually non performing work during parts of the lift when movement isn't against gravity at a large enough angle.

With your resistance band training, every part of both the concentric and eccentric part of the exercise has resistance, resulting in better range of motion strength and more complete stimulation. The downside to resistance bands are that you can't really perform near maximum lifts and the limitation of exercises (the latter of which I will try to help overcome).

In this application we have put together a toning workout featuring a resistance band so you can get lean without a pricey gym membership.

Try these resistance band training to tighten your abs, legs, butt abs and more:

- Lateral Band Walk

- Standing Abduction

- Standing Adductor

- Supinated Clamshell

- Ankle Flexion

- Prone Leg Curl

- Pull Apart

- Leg Extension

- Front Squat

- Glute Bridge

- Bent-Over Row

- Seated Abduction

- Seated Row

- Overhead Press

- Forward Raise

- Lat Pulldown

- Lying Pullover

- Upright Row

- Push-Ups

- Lateral Raise

- Standing Chest Press

- Russian Twist

- Overhead Triceps Extension

- Standing Biceps Curl

- Concentration Curl

- Triceps Kickback

- Reverse Crunch

- Woodchoppers

- Kneeling Crunch