Video: How to Do Squat Tubing Exercises

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Using rubber exercise tubing when doing squats can increase the intensity of your workout. Learn how to do squats with elastic tubing in this free fitness and resistance training video lesson.

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We're moving on to some leg exercises with our tube. I'm going to ask to stand on the tube with both feet this time. Again, if your feet are close together, you're going to have minimal resistance. If you take them further apart, it's going to be a little harder for you. We're going to do a squat. I'm going to ask you to either place your hands on your hips or all the way up on your shoulders. Obviously, that's going to create a lot more resistance than on the hips, so we'll start on the hip. I'm going to turn to the side so that you can see the form for the squat. Hips move back, chest stays lifted. On the way up is when you're working against the resistance. You want to almost straighten out the knees, but not quite lock them out all together. I'm going to increase the intensity by bringing this tub all the way up to my shoulders, elbows in, chest lifted, hip goes back. On the way down, the tube is helping me get there. This is when the work comes in when I'm pushing up against that tube and making that tube be a lot longer than it really wants to be. I can vary the range of motion and do short squats or go through a full range. Again, if you increase the intensity by lifting the tube to your shoulders and/or moving up the next level of tube, you'll really the results in the squat with your tube.

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How to Do Squat Tubing Exercises

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