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At Home Upper Body Focus Exercises!

Kneeling Lat Pull-Down with Band

🌟The Set Up: Kneel on a flat surface and hinge at the hips at about a 45 degree angle, set your core muscles. Anchor a band in a doorway at a high level, and hold either side with each hand.


🌟The Movement: Pull the band down towards your sides and stop at your ribcage. Slowly and controlled, release the band back to the starting position. Repeat.

🌟Tip! Keep your elbows bent at 90 deg throughout the entire exercise, and pull your upper arms toward your side into a "W" position.

🌟This movement is great to strengthen your lats, upper arms, core, and quads!🌟

Lat Pull-Downs, Directly Overhead

🌟The Set Up: Kneel on a flat surface with your torso upright, set your core muscles and roll back the shoulders. Anchor a band high up in a doorway, and hold either side with each hand.

🌟The Movement: Pull the band down towards your sides and stop at your ribcage. Slowly and controlled, release the band back to the starting position. Repeat. For more, try alternating arms to target your obliques!

🌟Tip! Make sure to pull your elbows into your side at your ribcage!


🌟This movement is great to strengthen your lats, upper arms, core, and will finish out our videos targeting your lats!🌟