Hip Extension with Bands
How to do the Hip Extension with Bands with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Glutes
Hamstrings
Bands
How to do the Hip Extension with Bands
- 1
Secure one end of the band to the lower portion of a post and attach the other to one ankle.
- 2
Facing the attachment point of the band, hold on to the column to stabilize yourself.
- 3
Keeping your head and your chest up, move the resisted leg back as far as you can while keeping the knee straight.
- 4
Return the leg to the starting position.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Hip Extension with Bands set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your glutes volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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