Resistance Band Overhead Squat
Description
The resistance band overhead squat stands on a band and holds the ends locked out overhead while performing a full squat. The band provides increasing resistance as you stand, loading the lockout while demanding excellent overhead mobility.
Muscle Group
Equipment Required
Resistance Band Overhead Squat Instructions
- Stand on the center of a resistance band with feet shoulder-width apart.
- Hold both ends overhead with arms locked out. Hands wider than shoulder-width.
- Brace your core. Keep arms directly overhead (in line with ears).
- Squat down while keeping the band locked out overhead.
- Descend as deep as mobility allows.
- Drive through your feet to stand against the band tension.
- Maintain the overhead position throughout.
- Use a lighter band — this is a mobility exercise as much as a strength exercise.
Resistance Band Overhead Squat Form & Visual
Resistance Band Overhead Squat Benefits
- Demands and develops overhead mobility
- Builds core stability under overhead load
- Band tension loads the top of the squat
- Highly portable
- Excellent warm-up before overhead pressing or snatching
- Exposes mobility weaknesses
Resistance Band Overhead Squat Muscles Worked
- Quadriceps
- Gluteus maximus
- Anterior and lateral deltoid
- Core (heavy stabilizer)
- Trapezius
Resistance Band Overhead Squat Variations & Alternatives
- Dumbbell Overhead Squat
- Barbell Overhead Squat
- Band Squat
- PVC Overhead Squat
- Resistance Band Squat
