Body, Bands & Rings with Lynn Hahn
Running for 60 minutes, this convenient, travel friendly workout is a complete total body strength program using bands, rings and your own body weight as resistance.
Working alone, Lynn begins with a 4.5 minute standing warmup to prepare the body and increase range of motion. Once warmed up, Lynn takes you through 48 minutes of muscle activity. Due to the fact that the workout gives back what you put into it (you determine your personal band tension based on foot/hand placement, etc), it is suitable for all fitness levels.
Hip extensions begin the set. Using a chair for balance you'll perform several sets for each leg. The squat is next. Foot placement is crucial here as this can make the squat harder (or easier) if necessary. Following is the assisted hamstring curl. This non-weighted curl uses the opposing leg as a "weight" for the working leg. (if you really apply dynamic tension, you are sure to feel it in your hamstrings) Next up is the leg adductor exercise working the inner thigh followed by the leg abductor to work the outer thighs. The former is done in a standing position, pulling the working leg across the body, while the latter is done laying on the floor with legs open into a wide V position. The next exercise is the hip flexor lift followed by several sets of pushups. One arm rows work the lat muscles in the upper back. Shoulder shrugs follow. The next sequence of exercises hit all heads of the shoulders-fronts, sides and rear. You'll perform seated shoulder press, shoulder flys and then lateral shoulder raises. The calf raise is next followed by a shin lift. Lynn always includes often forgotten muscles such as the shins, rotators and hip flexors in her workouts. Tricep extensions are next followed by several sets of bicep curls. Next up is a unique exercise to work the front and rear rotator muscles of the shoulder (I'd suggest a lighter band if needed for this muscle). Next you'll work your core. Lynn begins with several crunch variations on the floor then moves into a wonderful standing oblique crunch using the ring. You'll finish with back extensions. Lynn completes the workout with a 6 minute cooldown. She begins with standing stretches to one side, moves to seated stretches and then finishes up the standing stretches to the other side.
Lynn offers excellent form pointers throughout the session to ensure safety (and enhance benefits).
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"Fat comes from the potato chip bag and the dinner plate, not the barbell." Cathe Friedrich
"By far the most important application is those 18 inches between the table and your mouth. Your diet. Eat clean to get rid of fat." Robert Kennedy, Oxygen Magazine
"Having the body you want starts with loving the body you have." Mandy Ingber, Shape Magazine
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