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Band Squat

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Difficulty

Easy_to_Medium

Equipment Needed

Resistance Band

Starting Position

Find the appropriately weighted band and place it underneath the middle of your shoes.

Procedure

  1. Pull the band up to your shoulders and bring your elbows up and out in front of the body.
  2. Flex your abdominals and squat down as if you were going to sit in a chair..
  3. When you have a 90 degree bend at the knee push upward through your glutes and thighs and return to the starting position.
  4. Repeat.

Coaching Keys

  • Keep abdominals tight.
  • Keep the elbows up and out in front of the body.
  • Push through your heels on the upward portion of the movement.
  • Keep a slight arch to your back.

You Should Feel it...

In your quads, glutes, arms.

Exercise Purpose

Improves quadriceps strength and endurance and develops ski specific movement strength.

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