Band Leg Extension

Start

Finish

similar: Leg Extensions

How to do it

Anchor a band low behind you, hook it around one ankle while seated on a chair, then straighten the knee fully against the band and lower slowly.

Muscles worked

Primary: quads

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Swinging the whole leg from the hip instead of moving only at the knee
• Stopping short of full lockout, which is exactly where the band tension is highest and the quad works hardest
• Letting the band snap the leg back down instead of resisting the return

Variations

• Hold the locked-out position for two seconds
• Do both legs together with the band around both ankles

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Leg Extension
• Wall Sit
• Sissy Squat
• Spanish Squat

Related exercises

• Barbell Back Squatquads
• Goblet Squatquads
• Bodyweight Squatquads
• Leg Pressquads
• Bulgarian Split Squatquads
• Walking Lungequads