Tubing Bicep Curl Workout

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength and joint mobility. It can also reduce your general health risks, boost the immune system and help with depression and insomnia. Whether your reason for exercising is to lose weight or improve muscle mass, working out will help promote the health of your body and mind. A tool that can be used for exercise is tubing, an elastic cord that causes resistance. In this free fitness video series, a professional trainer will demonstrate different exercises using tubing to work out the upper body. Learn how to use tubing with bicep curls, tricep extensions, military presses and chest presses. Also find out how you can add resistance for a harder workout. When you don't have access to weights or gym equipment, use tubing to maximize your workout.

Video Transcript

"In this clip we are showing how to do a bicep curl with tubing. The bicep is that two headed muscle in the front part of the arm. The thicker the elastic tubing the more resistance or the more difficult the exercise will be. If I have my feet right square with my hips here and I want to keep my slight bend in the elbows and my goal is to take that wrist right up towards that working muscle the bicep not letting the wrist flex or extend but keep it in neutral. There is peak contraction right there. Elbows should be touching the sides right in front of the body, no sense in coming back here. You want to stay in the neutral pelvic posture. Inhale before you start the movement, exhale, curl up and release. Working to about 10 to 15 reps three sets. You can always work unilateral one side then the other and then do bilateral. Tubing is a great way to adding resistance when you don't have the option of free weights or going to machine equipment in the gym. 10 to 15 reps, three sets."