maratoolHip Flexion with Band
How to do the hip flexion with band
- Secure one end of the band to the lower portion of a post and attach the other to one ankle.
- Face away from the attachment point of the band.
- Keeping your head and your chest up, raise your knee up to 90 degrees and pause.
- Return the leg to the starting position.
Muscles worked
The prime movers are the quadriceps across the front of the thigh, which straighten the knee and, just as importantly, control it on the way back down.
Every exercise for:Quadriceps
How this movement works
The load travels toward you and several joints bend to bring it there. The arms finish work the back starts, so grip and elbow flexors sit in the path of every repetition: when people stall on a compound pull, it is more often the hands giving out than the primary muscle running out of force.
It is filed under strength: produce force against resistance for a countable number of repetitions, and progress the resistance over time.
What you need
A band gets harder the further it stretches, so resistance peaks at the end of the range rather than the middle. It is also the easiest way to scale a movement in small steps.
Every exercise using:Band
These train the quadriceps too, using equipment this one does not:
- Iron Cross with Dumbbellsdumbbell
- Jefferson Squatsbarbell
- Jogging, Treadmillmachine
- Kettlebell Pistol Squatkettlebell
- Lying Prone Quadricepsbody only
Difficulty
Listed at beginner level: the pattern is simple enough to pick up without coaching, and a position that goes wrong mid-set is obvious enough to correct on the next repetition.
Of the 173 quadriceps exercises in this database, 70 are listed at beginner level.
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