Total Body Mini Band Workout is another excellent total body strength workout from Heather Robertson using only a mini band (resistance loop). I actually did this one back to back with one of Heather’s other mini band workouts and together I got an excellent total body workout. But even alone they are great. Perfect for travel. As I mentioned in the other review, a mini band takes up little room in your luggage. Though you only need one mini band, since I was at home I used a variety of bands. 2 mini bands–one medium strength and one strong strength–and a medium glute band (larger cloth loop). I note below which band I used for each exercise but that is for my own future reference. I will definitely be using this workout in the future when traveling. Just like the other workout there is one exercise with impact. In this workout it is squat jumps. If you are in a hotel, just remove the jump and do the pulses.
This workout is done interval style: each exercise is done for 40 seconds of work followed by 10 second of rest. There is a timer in the lower right-hand corner of the screen counting down your intervals and recoveries. Heather previews the next exercise during the recoveries.
Total Body Mini Band Workout is 25:46 minutes; no warm up and 1:30 minute stretch. Equipment: resistance loop and fitness loop.
- Front pulses (band is looped around hands, arms are extended straight in front of you at shoulder level with palms facing each other, pulse hands against loop) (medium mini band)
- Robot Row (with band around wrists and arms open so there is constant tension on the band, do bent over rows bringing band to ribs then extending arms straight) (strong mini band)
- Bicep curls (with band around wrists and arms open so there is tension on the band, do bicep curls) (strong mini band)
- Rear pulses (arms are behind back, band is around wrists and arms open so there is tension on the band, hinge torso forward and pulse arms upward while also opening arms when raising them) (medium mini band)
- Push ups (band is around arms above elbows, do push ups) (medium mini band)
- Bicycle crunch (loop is around feet, do a traditional bicycle maneuver, bringing elbows to knees) (medium mini band)
- Reverse crunch (loop is around ankles, lay on back with hands under glutes, legs are bent, bring knees into chest into a reverse crunch then lower bent legs tapping toes to floor) (medium mini band)
- V-split crunch (lay on back, band around ankles and legs raised to ceiling, open legs and when you close legs, crunch upper body, reaching hands to feet) (medium mini band)
- Plank leg lift (band is around thighs above knees, in elbow plank, alternate raising and lowering leg, alternate legs) (medium glute band around thighs and medium mini band around ankles)
- Glute bridge (band is still around thighs, lay on back, knees bent and feet on mat close to glutes, raise hips in bridge and hold, open and close legs, lower hips) (medium glute band)
- Clamshell (lay on one hip and elbow, legs are bent, band is still around thighs, open and close top bent leg keeping insoles of feet together) (medium glute band)
- Repeat #11 on other side of body
- Side steps (band is still around thighs, two lateral squat walks then return to start) (medium glute band)
- 1.5 squat jumps (band is still around thighs, lower to bottom of squat, raise halfway, lower to bottom of squat and jump) (medium glute band)
- Repeat #1-14
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