Resistance Band Squats
- Begin the movement by stepping on to a resistance band with your feet at shoulder-width, toes pointed slightly out.
- Bring your hands to your shoulders, keeping the handles of the band behind your shoulders. Brace your core and keep your chest up.
- Bend first at the knees then at the hips. Be sure to keep the chest up and abdominals tight. There should be no arch in your back.
- Pause when your thighs are parallel with the floor, then slowly return to the starting position, feeling the tension from the band in your quadriceps.
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Resistance band squats is a gym work out exercise that targets hamstrings and quadriceps and also involves calves and glutes & hip flexors. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Overhead water bottle squats, wall partial / half squats and dumbbell squats are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as resistance band squats. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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