Band Pull Aparts
Upper Body Intermediate Resistance band

Band Pull Aparts

While standing, hold a band in front of you with your arms fully extended about the same height as your chest. Place your hands about shoulder-width apart on the band and have your feet underneath you about hip-width apart.

How to Perform Band Pull Aparts

  1. 1
    While standing, hold a band in front of you with your arms fully extended about the same height as your chest. Place your hands about shoulder-width apart on the band and have your feet underneath you about hip-width apart.
  2. 2
    When you’re set, pull the band apart focusing on squeezing your shoulder blades together. It might be helpful to imagine that you’re squeezing a pencil between your two shoulder blades.
  3. 3
    Return to the starting position in a controlled manner. That’s one rep.
  4. 4
    These are good to incorporate into your routine as often as possible. Start with 3 sets of 10 and build up the volume from there. You can also you a lighter or heavier resistance band depending on your personal fitness level.

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