How to Do Squats With an Elastic Exercise Band

Elastic exercise bands are a great way to pack an entire gym's worth of free weights exercises into a space about four square inches in a purse or suitcase. You can exercise almost any muscle with an elastic exercise band, and the exercises are simple and easy to learn. Furthermore, if you need more resistance, just shorten the band and you will feel like you upped your weights in seconds. In this article, we will discuss how to do squats with an elastic exercise band.

Things You'll Need

• Elastic exercise band

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Instructions

How to Do Squats With an Elastic Exercise Band

• 1

  Stand on top of the band. Your feet should be a little less than shoulder width apart, and you should have equal lengths of the band on each side.

• 2

  Grasp the band in both hands. If you cannot stand up straight while holding the band handles in your hands at your sides, you need a band with less resistance.

• 3

  Pull the band over your shoulders. This will cause your arms to curl up so that you are holding the handles near the tops of your shoulders.

• 4

  Bend your knees until they are over your toes. Your back should remain straight.

• 5

  Return to a standing position. You can repeat this exercise as many times as you want. Most trainers recommend three sets of 10 to 20 repetitions. However, for increased muscle tone you will need to increase the number of repetitions and for increased bulk you should increase the resistance of the elastic exercise band.