Banded clamshell

Sets, reps and RIR

Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Abductors.

Secondary: Glutes.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Musling med strikk
• Svenska Clamshell med gummiband
• Dansk Clamshell med elastik
• Deutsch Clamshells mit Band
• Español Almeja con banda elástica
• Italiano Clamshell con elastico
• Português Ostra com elástico
• Русский Ракушка с резинкой
• Français Clamshell (élastique)

Related legs exercises

• Squat (barbell)
• Front squat
• Box squat
• Lunges (barbell)
• Hip thrust (barbell)
• Good morning

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.