Squats - With Bands

What it is

This foundational lower body exercise uses resistance bands to build strength and endurance. It primarily targets your quadriceps, also engaging your glutes, hamstrings, calves, and lower back.

Technique tips

• Set your feet shoulder-width apart, centered on the band for balance.
• Keep your chest lifted and shoulders back throughout the exercise.
• Hold the band handles at shoulder height, maintaining tension.
• Lower your hips until your thighs are parallel with the floor.
• Drive through your heels to return to the standing position.
• Inhale as you descend, and exhale powerfully as you stand up.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.