Exercise
Hip Extension with Bands
Also known as: band hip extension, standing band kickback, band glute kickback, hip extension
Hip Extension with Bands is a compound exercise for the glutes. Main target: gluteus maximus. Also works: biceps femoris. Equipment: bands.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Secure one end of the band to the lower portion of a post and attach the other to one ankle.
- Facing the attachment point of the band, hold on to the column to stabilize yourself.
- Keeping your head and your chest up, move the resisted leg back as far as you can while keeping the knee straight.
- Return the leg to the starting position.
Similar exercises
Hip Lift with Band
Bands
Gluteus maximus
Squats - With Bands
Bands
Vastus lateralisVastus medialisGluteus maximus
Monster Walk
Bands
Abductors
Band Stiff-Leg Deadlift
Bands
Semitendinosus & semimembranosus
Band Good Morning
Bands
Biceps femoris
Band Good Morning (Pull Through)
Bands
Biceps femoris
Alternatives with other equipment
Glute Kickback
Bodyweight
Gluteus maximus
Physioball Hip Bridge
Exercise ball
Gluteus maximus
Pull Through
Cable
Gluteus maximus
Barbell Lateral Lunge
Barbell
Gluteus maximus
Dumbbell Deadlift
Dumbbell
Gluteus maximus
Single-Leg Press
Machine
Gluteus maximus
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