3 Easy Resistance Band Exercises for a Trucker Workout Resistance bands can provide the perfect truck driver workout and get you on the road to feeling your best in as little as five minutes a day.
3 Easy Trucker Workout Ideas with Resistance Bands 1. Bicep Curl Squats ● Stand on the center of your resistance band; hold the ends of the band. ● Bring tension to the band and stand tall. ● Keep your elbows at your sides as you curl your fists to your shoulders. ● Hold that arm position now squat back and down, not to lean into your toes. ● Slowly come back up and, once standing, release your arms to your sides. ● Repeat 10-20 more times or as many as you can do in 1 minute.
2. Around the Clock Shoulder Pulls ○ Start by standing tall. ○ Holding your resistance band in your hands extend your arms out in front of you to shoulder height. ○ Adjust where you are holding the band until your hands are shoulders width apart or wider. ○ Wrap the extra banding around your fists.
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Like a clock, hold the band at 9 and 3 and pull out as wide as you can without bending your elbows or rounding your upper back. Slowly bring the band back to the center. Next, move your arms to 10 and 4 and pull. Then 11 and 5 and finally 12 and 6. Repeat going the other way: 3 and 9, 2 and 8, 1 and 7, 12 and 6 (the opposite arm should now be at 12) Repeat 2-4 times each way.
3. Overhead Lunge Pulls ○ Start standing tall. ○ Hold the resistance band at shoulders distance (or wider if it’s too much tension). ○ Starting with your arms down in front of you, step back with one foot into a comfortable lunge position. ○ As you step back, bring your arms up overhead, relax your ribs down and try to bring your arms back out of your peripheral vision line (keep feet hips width). ○ Pull the band wide without bending your elbows. ○ As you step up, release your arms down. ○ Repeat this lunge and pull 10 times on each aside.
Why Resistance Bands? Resistance bands offer dynamic training for your body, joints, and muscles. Unlike weights that tend to focus on the belly of the muscle, building bulk. Resistance bands focus on the joint where the muscle, tendons, and ligaments attach, which in turn can help you both reduce joint related injuries and improve joint function, stability, control, and mobility.
Where can You Buy Resistance Bands? Anywhere, but look for a resistance band travel kit on Mother Trucker Yoga’s website. You get a 6” band, and 2 loop bands, plus a door loop hook.
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