So we are now on tip 11, or is 12? This week was about getting on your bike and exploring your local area. If any of our CCCU staff or students complete 10 tips in a week, you recieve a free restistance band! Find how to recieve your’s at the end of the blog post. So, you’ve completed your 10 tips and now it’s time to start moving more with this brightly coloured stretchy thing. To start you off, we give you a little british heart pamflet with some exercises, shown here.

The main benefit of a resistance band is you can literally use it anywhere and take it with you to stretch at your desk, work out at the gym or warm up before a morning jog. You can make the exercises as difficut or easy as you like which suits a variety of needs.

‘As with any exercise routine, resistance bands will increase the strength of your muscles and stimulate growth. What they will also do is hit the full range of motion, working many parts of a lift and muscle often not worked by free weights.

This in turn will increase flexibility and applicable strength and more muscle stimulation. So it becomes quite obvious that for anyone who needs a way to work out on vacation, periodically can’t get to the gym, or wants something extra to add to the workout, resistance bands are well worth it.’

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Warning: not for the faint hearted. This set of exercises are a little too intense for me, but a quick browse round the web has found this handy link.

33 resistance band exercises you can do anywhere:

Which has some brillaint work outs that you can pick and choose which body areas to work on. Such as the Front Squat.

Stand on band with feet slightly wider than shoulder width. Holding a handle in each hand, bring the top of the band over each shoulder. (If it’s too long, secure band in place by crossing your arms at your chest.) Sit straight down, chest up, abs firm, pressing knees out over your toes. Rise back up to start position and repeat for 8 to 12 reps.

Now that you’re raring to go with your resistance bands exercises, simplying contact movemore@canterbury.ac.uk for a move more mission sheet to fill in, and when you’ve completed it you will recieve your free resistance band.

Get moving more, be still less. I’m off to try out some new exercises!