Seated Resistance Bands Leg Presses / Extensions
- Seat yourself comfortably on a solid chair, with your back straight and unsupported. Keep your feet planted about hip-width apart
- Lift one knee towards your chest and, holding the resistance band in both hands, loop the centre around the base of your foot
- When ready, exhale and contract your glutes and extend your leg outwards at 45 degree angle until your knee is almost straight
- Without locking your knee, hold this extended position before inhaling and allowing your leg to be pulled back into its starting position in a controlled manner
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Seated resistance bands leg presses / extensions is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves calves and hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Tuck jumps, bulgarian split squats and resistance band deadlifts are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as seated resistance bands leg presses / extensions. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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