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Band Hip Abduction

What is this machine?

Band Hip Abduction on vapailla painoilla tehtävä liike, joka kuormittaa ensisijaisesti Glutes.

The exercise suits a beginner: the range of motion is guided and you can start light.

An exercise with free weights demands more stabiliser muscles and balance than the equivalent machine exercise.

Key facts

Primary muscleGlutes

Secondary muscles–

Equipmentvapaat painot

Movement patternlower body

Difficultyeasy

Video📱 Luio

Instructions and video are in the app

This page tells you what the machine is. Step-by-step instructions, common mistakes and a video of the movement are in the Luio app — the video shows the range of motion that text cannot describe.

Open in the app

⚠️ Most common mistake: Leaning the torso to the opposite side to swing the leg out, which removes load from the glute medius. Letting the hips rotate forward as the leg lifts, turning the movement into a hip-flexor exercise. Using a band so heavy that form breaks — start light to feel the glute working, then progress. Rushing the eccentric and letting the band snap the leg back in, losing half the time-under-tension.

💪 Where you should feel it: Mainly in the Glutes.