Pilates Theraband Exercises: Bench Press

Video Transcript

"The Wind-down Bench Press can also be done with the band behind your shoulders. So we keep it there, it's a little low on the shoulders. Our hands come out wide. Again, the band is between the thumb and the forefinger, you take a nice inhale. If you want, you can grab the band and exhale, press up, inhale, lower the shoulders. Exhale, up, inhale, lower, everything slow and controlled. As you push up you're working and resisting the return, you're also working. And exhale up, you can also take the band from here, come out and come up. Come out, keeping the tension on it and come up. And come out. It looks really easy but when you're doing it, you'll find that it's more difficult than it seems. And lower back down."