Primary Muscle Group: Upper Back, Shoulders, Upper Arms
Muscle Groups Worked in This Exercise: Deltoideus (posterior), Brachioradialis, Trapezius, Rhomboideus major, Latissimus dorsi, Teres Major and Erector spinae
Preparation: Attach the resistance band to a door anchor or around a sturdy object of a suitable height, ensuring that it is positioned at around shoulder level. With the band in front of you, stand in a split stance with your body upright and abs tight. With your palms facing down, hold the handles of the band and extend your arms forward until they are straight.
Breathing: Exhale as you pull arms backward; inhale when returning to start position.
Execution: Slowly bend elbows pulling them back past the line of your shoulders, ensuring that elbows and wrists remain elevated to shoulder height and parallel to the floor. Then slowly straighten your arms back to the start position, stopping when they are fully extended.
Comments: To make this exercise harder step further back; or
make it easier try moving closer to the attachment.