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Technique

  1. Hold a mini band with both hands and extend your arms straight overhead.
  2. Pull the band apart slightly while driving your elbows down toward your sides.
  3. Bring the band to chest level and then slowly return to the overhead position.

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Form tips

  • Keep the mini band stretched throughout the movement to maintain tension.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Chest
  • Back
  • Triceps

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Biceps
  • Rotator cuff
  • Forearms
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

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Equipment

Short resistance band
Short resistance band

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Appears in

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