This resistance-band arm exercise will wake up the hard-to-reach muscles on the backs of your shoulders as well as your upper back, making it a great exercise for improving your posture. Depending on how long your resistance band is, you may need to move your grip closer together and hold onto the band itself.
How to Do Resistance-Band Pull-Aparts:
- Start holding the resistance band tight on both ends, with your arms straight out in front of you. Your elbows should be slightly bent and your feet shoulder-width apart, with a slight bend in the knees and core engaged.
- Keeping your arms straight, pull the band apart as far as you can, pausing once you've reached your limit or until your arms are extended fully out to the sides (as shown).
- Slowly bring your arms back together in front of you. Try to think about keeping your shoulder blades down and back throughout the movement; don't allow your shoulders to rise up toward your ears.
- That's one rep.
