Resistance Band Hip Extension Exercise
This hip extension exercise strengthens the large buttock muscles, as well as the hamstrings on the back of the thigh.
Teaching Points
- Start on all fours with the band wrapped around the sole of one foot.
- Wrap the ends of the band around your hands.
- Lift your leg off the floor and straighten it out behind you, lifting it up so that it is level with your spine.
- Slowly return to the starting position.
Muscles Worked
- Gluteus Maximus.
- Biceps femoris.
- Semimembranosus.
- Semitendinosus.
Alternative exercises
- Bridge.
- Swiss ball bridge.
- Reverse ball bridge.
Related Injuries
- Hamstring strains.
- Hamstring tendinitis.
