Resistance Band Workout for the Chest

Jennifer DiDonato returns this week’s Made Fit TV podcast, as she shows you how to use resistance bands effectively and creatively to target your chest. Bands are pretty affordable and mobile, so you can do these movements anywhere!

Resistance training has two different, sometimes confused meanings: a broader meaning that refers to any training that uses a resistance to the force of muscular contraction (better termed strength training), and elastic or hydraulic resistance, which refers to a specific type of strength training that uses elastic or hydraulic tension to provide this resistance.

Resistance training is a form of strength training in which each effort is performed against a specific opposing force generated by resistance (i.e. resistance to being pushed, squeezed, stretched or bent).

Exercises are isotonic if a body part is moving against the force. Exercises are isometric if a body part is holding still against the force.

Resistance exercise is used to develop the strength and size of skeletal muscles. Properly performed, resistance training can provide significant functional benefits and improvement in overall health and well-being.