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Traveling? Don't Miss a Workout! Use Resistance Bands.

Esperanza Lugo
Feb 13, 2015
2 min read

Don't miss a workout just because you are not close to home and cannot go to a gym. Since we are a military family, we travel often even sometimes living out of our suitcases for months while in transition.

Resistance bands are your answer to keep up your workouts while away and they fit easily in your suitcase or carryon luggage. This resistance band workout targets the entire body - chest, back, shoulders, arms and legs. These are basic exercises suitable for beginner or intermediate exercisers and different band levels: light, medium, and heavy. There are many advantages to using the resistance bands also as every part of both the concentric and eccentric part of the exercises has resistance. This resistance is maintained through the complete range of motion. Although you cannot add weight, it's still strength training.

If you are recovering from injury or have achy joints, again, the resistance bands are a lower-impact option to build muscle while keeping your joints out of harm's way. If you're bored to death with your current workouts, bands create a new way to stimulate muscle growth by making it easier to control the resistance and keep it consistently on the targeted muscle.

Let's Get Started!

If you're new to strength training and/or resistance bands, take your time with each move and perfect your form. Start with 1 set of 10-15 repetitions of each exercise using a light or medium resistance band, adding sets gradually. For many exercises, you can control the tension by your positioning and/or by where you grab onto the band.