Hip Extension

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