Band Hip Adductions

A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the inner thighs, using a resistance band.

Band Hip Adductions — Starting position Starting position
Band Hip Adductions — End position End position
Difficulty Beginner
Type Strength
Equipment Resistance Bands
Primary Muscle Inner Thighs
AI Rep Counting Log manually

How to Do Band Hip Adductions

  1. Anchor a band around a solid post or other object.
  2. Stand with your left side to the post, and put your right foot through the band, getting it around the ankle.
  3. Stand up straight and hold onto the post if needed. This will be your starting position.
  4. Keeping the knee straight, raise your right legs out to the side as far as you can.
  5. Return to the starting position and repeat for the desired rep count.
  6. Switch sides.

Muscles Worked

Front
Back

Primary

Where Band Hip Adductions does most of its work.

Alternatives to Band Hip Adductions

5 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.

  1. 1 Thigh Adductor

    Thigh Adductor

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the inner thighs, using a machine.

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  2. 2 Carioca Quick Step

    Carioca Quick Step

    A beginner plyometric exercise that works the inner thighs.

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  3. 3 Lateral Bound

    Lateral Bound

    A beginner compound plyometric exercise that works the inner thighs, needing no equipment.

    beginner No Equipment
  4. 4 Lateral Box Jump

    Lateral Box Jump

    A beginner compound plyometric exercise that works the inner thighs.

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  5. 5 Lateral Cone Hops

    Lateral Cone Hops

    A beginner compound plyometric exercise that works the inner thighs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What muscles do band hip adductions work?

Band Hip Adductions primarily works the inner thighs.

What equipment do I need for band hip adductions?

Band Hip Adductions uses resistance bands.

Band Hip Adductions: is it suitable for beginners?

Yes. Band Hip Adductions is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.

What can I do instead of band hip adductions?

Thigh Adductor, Carioca Quick Step, Lateral Bound train the same primary muscles and are listed with 2 more alternatives above.

Can Fitnit count my band hip adductions reps automatically?

Not automatically yet. Fitnit's AI rep counting covers push-ups, squats, dumbbell curls, crunches and pull-ups today; band hip adductions can be logged manually in the app, and tracked movements are added over time.

Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.

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