Technique
- Anchor a band at ankle height and stand with your side to the anchor.
- Loop the band around the ankle of the leg closest to the anchor.
- Pull the banded leg across your body toward the opposite side.
Form tips
- Keep the working leg straight and the standing leg slightly bent for stability.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Gracilis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Joint movements
Hipadduction
trains stretches
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