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Technique

  1. Step over a Long resistance band with both feet, placed hip width apart.
  2. Stretch the band over your head with your hands, keeping the arms extended, forming a straight line from hands to feet.
  3. Squat down while keeping the arms extended over your head

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Form tips

  • Ensure you have a good Shoulder flexion backward strength to keep the band as vertical as possible

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Quadriceps
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Neck

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Hip adductors
  • Back
  • Shoulders
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae

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Equipment

Long resistance band
Long resistance band

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