Behind Back Standing Resistance Band Chest Presses
How to Do Behind Back Standing Resistance Band Chest Presses
- With a resistance band looped around your upper back, and your hands holding the ends at about chest level, stand straight with your feet shoulder width apart. As always, a slight bend in your knees. This is the starting position
- When ready, with the band secure around your back and shoulders, contract the muscles in your chest and triceps to push your hands straight out away from you
- In a fully extended position, without locking your elbows, lightly tense the muscles in your chest
- Then, slowly release the tension and, in a controller manner, allow your hands to come back towards your chest to reach the starting position
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Behind Back Standing Resistance Band Chest Presses Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Behind Back Standing Resistance Band Chest Presses targets chest and triceps and also works shoulders. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: resistance bands.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Spiderman push-ups / pushups, flat bench barbell skull crushers and smith machine bench chest press. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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