Toning Workshop - Tube and Miniband

Tube and Miniband cost little, need hardly any space and still cover the whole body. The Toning workshop turns them into an exercise archive for your classes: after the basics on handling the bands come numerous training videos with three exercises each – from Squat and Side Lift through rowing and shoulder press to Criss Cross and Plank. A Masterclass shows how a whole class can be built out of them.

What you will learn

• What Mini-Bands and Tubes are and how they differ
• The benefits of training with a Tube or a Miniband
• What to watch out for when training with the bands – the key points of handling
• Legs and glutes: Squat, wide Squat, Side Lift, Back Lift, Front Lift, 4-point kneeling with the heel up, leg extended
• Dynamic variations: Side to Side, Leg Curl, Step Touch
• Back: narrow rowing, wide rowing, back musculature standing, upright row, deadlift
• Shoulders: lateral raise, front raise, bent-arm raise, shoulder press
• Arms: biceps, overhead triceps, triceps Kick Backs
• Trunk: rotation standing, stabilisation standing, Criss Cross, crunches, Plank variation
• Masterclass as an example of how a complete class is built

Who the workshop is for

For instructors of Toning, BBP and similar strengthening classes who want to expand their exercise repertoire with small equipment. Because the exercises are arranged in groups of three by body region, you can pick out individual blocks or put a whole class together from them. The workshop is also suitable if you teach in rooms without machines or run classes in which the participants bring their own equipment.

How the workshop runs

• After registering you receive your login details for the learning platform.
• Self-study: the manual on Tube and Miniband explains the equipment, the benefits and the points you have to watch.
• Training videos: a first video covers the correct handling of Tube and Miniband, after which numerous videos follow with three strengthening exercises each. Practise the practical parts as often as you can.
• Masterclass: an example of how you build a class out of the exercises.
• Questions: write to us at info@update-akademie.ch at any time.
• Completion: once you have filled in the feedback form you receive your workshop confirmation by email.

The workshop is independent of time and place: online, ready to start whenever you like, at your own pace. The content stays available to you after you finish – handy when you are looking for suitable exercises for a particular class.

Where it leads next

A related short format with different small equipment is the Slider Workshop with sequences for a range of class formats. Tubes, minibands and other accessories can be found under Group Fitness Equipment. If you want to teach Toning classes from the ground up, the Toning Instructor training is the right route; further short formats are listed in the overview of group fitness workshops.