How do you perform this exercise?
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and place the band around your upper legs.
- Hold the band with both hands in front of your thighs, palms facing your body.
- Keeping your back straight and your knees slightly bent, hinge at the hips and lower the band towards the ground.
- Feel the stretch in your hamstrings as you lower the band.
- Engage your glutes and hamstrings to lift your 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.
