Beginner exercise

Band Hip Adductions

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Band Hip Adductions

  1. Anchor a band around a solid post or other object.
  2. Stand with your left side to the post, and put your right foot through the band, getting it around the ankle.
  3. Stand up straight and hold onto the post if needed.
  4. This will be your starting position.
  5. Keeping the knee straight, raise your right legs out to the side as far as you can.
  6. Return to the starting position and repeat for the desired rep count.
  7. Switch sides.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Adductor Longus, Adductor Magnus, Gracilis, Pectineus.

MuscleScoreRole
Adductor Longus1.0Target, Mover
Adductor Magnus0.9Target, Mover
Gracilis0.9Target, Mover
Pectineus0.9Target, Mover