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Bryony Firth-Bernard

Skip the gym – pack on upper body muscle with a resistance band and this 15 minute workout

A woman performing woodchops with a resistance band.

Building muscle doesn’t require a gym membership, or having to spend a fortune on expensive home gym equipment; a resistance band is one of the most underrated training tools you can buy for operation muscles. Not only is this long piece of elastic a great way to increase the intensity of bodyweight exercises without breaking the bank, it can also beef up the muscles and increase strength. In just15 minutes, this workout will hit all areas of your upper body, including the biceps, triceps, delts and lats. So, grab your band and get ready to get your pump on.

The National Academy of Sports Medicine says: “One meta-analysis revealed that when testing either band against free weights and machines on increases in muscular strength for both the lower and upper body, no differences were found between methods.” If you were therefore doubting whether you’d get an effective workout using bands, there’s no need to.

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