- What's up elite THENX athletes?
Welcome to another video of official THENX.
It's John Oslager and today we're gonna
be doing a full body resistance band workout.
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Normally when you think of resistance bands,
you automatically think of assistance,
but today we're actually gonna be using the bands
to intensify each exercise.
When using resistance bands,
you can progressively make each workout harder
without picking up a weight, a barbell or anything.
All you need is a band
and there's different bands for each fitness level
depending on where you are in your journey.
Using a resistance band forces your body
to maintain stability throughout an entire movement
and challenges your muscles
by creating resistance for each exercise.
For example, adding resistance to a push-up using a band
will intensify the last part of the move.
As the band gets stretched out,
the exercise begins to get harder.
With that being said, let's get started.
So with this workout, I'm gonna be using the purple band
and if you guys don't have any resistance bands,
you can always go to thenx.com and pick yours up today.
We're gonna start off with 15 push-ups.
When using the resistance band,
you wanna put it behind your back,
grip it like this, stretch it,
place your hands on the ground,
get in that push-up position,
down, up.
15.
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Woo.
Don't underestimate this one, guys.
It might be a little awkward at first,
but I promise you, it's worth trying.
Next up, we're gonna target our lower body.
We're gonna do squats.
So with this exercise, you wanna place the band like so.
Step into it.
You wanna get under it, as if you were doing a front squat.
You want your feet shoulder width apart,
toes pointing forward, full range of motion,
all the way down, all the way up.
We're going for 15.
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Remember to keep looking up,
you want that chest out.
You always want to focus on form first.
Next up, we have pull-ups.
With this exercise, we're actually gonna be using a weight
only to hold down the band as we pull up.
If you don't have a dumbbell,
try to improvise.
Look around your house for something.
That's the awesome thing about calisthenics,
you can always make something out of nothing.
So you're gonna put the band under the weight like so.
Grab the band, put it around your neck,
grab the bar.
We're gonna for eight.
Let's go.
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Woo.
I think that was the hardest one yet.
Next up, we have tricep extensions.
With this one, we're gonna put the band pretty much
in the same placement that we did for push-ups,
except you're gonna put it around your neck
and you actually wanna come under like so.
You wanna bring the band toward your lower back,
get in that push-up position and go down and up.
We're gonna go for ten.
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Woo.
That was a fun one.
Next up, we're going back to the bar
for behind the head chin-ups.
You guys know what to do.
We're gonna get our weight,
put the band under it so it holds that band down,
put the band around your neck.
We're gonna go for eight of these.
Let's go.
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Woo.
It seems like these exercises are getting harder and harder.
So, last but not least,
we have my personal favorite,
which is hand stand push-ups.
For this one, I'm actually gonna get a lower level band
because hand stand push-ups are hard without any resistance.
I'm not gonna try to be a hero on this one.
I'm just gonna make sure to get quality reps,
'cause that's what matters, right?
It's kind of tricky putting the band on
but we're gonna get down like so.
We're gonna get the band,
make sure it's around your feet.
So you wanna stretch it so that it's under your hands
and you wanna really get in that press.
We're gonna go for five.
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Woo.
That was definitely the hardest
but the most fun exercise yet.
And remember guys, if you can't do a hand stand yet,
you can always use the wall
or get workout partner for assistance.
That's it for round one.
We got two more rounds to go.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
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and comment below what you guys would want
to see on the next video.
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in the best shape of your life,
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Thank you guys so much for watching
and remember, we post every Sunday
at eight PM USA Eastern Time.
I'm John Oslager.
Until next time, peace out.
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