Shoulder Press - With Bands
Recommendations: 1-3 Sets, 10-15 Reps
Beginner Front Shoulders Traps Strength Band Push Gym
Purpose: This exercise strengthens the front deltoid muscle area.
Benefits: This exercise isolates the anterior delt muscle.
Obtain one long exercise band. Stand upright in the center of the exercise band with your feet about shoulder width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Hold the handles at shoulder level with an overhand grip with the bands coming up your back (palms facing to the front). This is the starting position. Keeping your shoulders down (do not shrug them), press the exercise band handles straight up. Exhale during this movement. Lower the handles slowly to the starting position. Inhale during this movement. Hold the handles with an overhand grip at shoulder height, palms facing to the front. Repeat for the required number of repetitions.
The anterior (front) deltoid or shoulder is one of the three distinct heads of the deltoid anatomy. It raises the arm toward the front and rotates the arm inward.
Step 1
Stand in the center of an exercise band, holding the handles at shoulder level, with palms facing front.
Obtain one long exercise band. Stand upright in the center of the exercise band with your feet about shoulder width apart and your feet flat on the floor. Hold the handles at shoulder level with an overhand grip with the bands coming up your back (palms facing to the front). This is the starting position.
Step 2
Keep your shoulders down while pressing the handles straight up.
Keeping your shoulders down (do not shrug them), press the exercise band handles straight up. Exhale during this movement.
Step 3
Lower the handles slowly to the starting position.
Lower the handles slowly to the starting position. Inhale during this movement. Hold the handles with an overhand grip at shoulder height, palms facing to the front.