Why use a resistance band when squatting

Whether it is weight-bearing squats or self-weight squats, we often see those fitness experts in the leg with a resistance band, many people will be curious, then what exactly is the role of this resistance band?

Let’s start with the most basic anatomy, the major muscle groups in the buttocks and thighs are the gluteus maximus and the deep gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, quadriceps femoris muscle, hamstring, adductor, and abduction muscles. These muscle groups in doing squats, but not necessarily all in a state of exertion, what does it mean? This has to do with our habits, such as the fact that sitting for long periods can lead to weak buttocks and more developed and powerful quadriceps femoris muscle (the front of the thighs).

So What’s the benefit of having a resistance band around your leg?

The first advantage: let the buttocks have more muscle groups to participate in work

In squats, our hips only bend and stretch, while the gluteus medius, the gluteus medius, functions as hip abduction and horizontal rotation, which means that the gluteus medius is better strengthened when you do both, of course, we can strengthen this muscle group alone, and the bodybuilders, to reduce the waste of time, adopt a stretch band, so that the leg and hip muscles are more involved in the work, in particular, gluteus medius and external rotation muscle groups, to achieve a multi-purpose.

Another phenomenon is that many people’s adductor muscles are naturally stronger than the abductor’s muscles so that they can achieve a kind of training balance, activate the abductor’s muscles, and make all the muscles develop in a balanced way, avoiding compensatory behavior of the body.

Benefit Two: the body’s line of force is more stable

This may be a bit complicated to say. The author understands it this way. When we do squats, our bodies are in a state of tension from top to bottom, shoulders, elbows, back, waist core, buttocks, thighs and calves, soles of the feet and so all on to overcome resistance to work, because the force line is perpendicular to the ground down, we have to overcome resistance up. This is easy for everyone to understand, but we might forget that there is another tension, which is the line of force from left to right.

The trampoline in the amusement park, I think everyone will be familiar with it, usually the trampoline is round, have not seen square or other shapes, if you only let up and down these two directions to straighten the bed, and the left and right direction do not go straight, then the trampoline elastic space will be limited, not enough to support the entire bed, also can not play, support surface instability. Let’s also go back to squats. Our bodies are very stable up and down, but when you carry more weight, the tension and stability of the body will drop. Training will also be compromised.

However, if you wear a resistance band on your leg, the effect will be completely different. It will keep the tension of your thigh from inside to outside (left to right), and make your body more stable, especially the whole body line of strength, no matter from top to bottom, from left to right, from inside to outside, there is always tension, let you go all out to train this movement, really let your buttocks and legs power, burn more fat, strengthen more muscle groups, carving a“Steel general” muscle armor.

OK, that’s all for today’s sharing. You can interact with us in the comments section. We love it so much that we keep working out better.

The first advantage: let the buttocks have more muscle groups to participate in work

Benefit Two: the body’s line of force is more stable

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