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Banded squat
Legs · Band
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets2 to 4
Reps12 to 20
RIR0 to 2
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: Quads, Glutes.
Secondary: Hamstrings.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Knebøy med strikk
- Swedish Knäböj med gummiband
- Danish Squat med elastik
- German Kniebeuge mit Band
- Spanish Sentadilla con banda
- Italian Squat con elastico
- Portuguese Agachamento com elástico
- Russian Приседания с резинкой
- French Squat (élastique)
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