How do you perform this exercise?
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and place the band around your ankles.
- Hold the band with both hands in front of your thighs, palms facing your body.
- Keeping your back straight and your core engaged, hinge at the hips and slowly lower your upper body towards the ground.
- As you lower, push your hips back and allow your knees to bend slightly.
- Lower the band towards the ground, feeling a stretch in your hamstrings.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then engage your glutes and hamstrings to lift your upper body back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Hamstrings, Lower back.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
