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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.