Lower Body Strength Workout Demo

Deadlift With Resistance Band

Use a resistance tube or band to work your glutes, hip and leg muscles with this deadlift exercise.

Leg Press With Resistance Band

Work your quadriceps, hamstrings and calf muscles with this leg press exercise to strengthen your legs.

Seated Knee Lift With Resistance Band

Sit-to-Stands

Each of these sit-to-stand exercises, provided by physical therapists from the American Physical Therapy Association, can improve your ability to get up from a chair, get in and out of bed or your car. If you’re just starting out, begin with level 1 (the easiest) and slowly progress to level 4 (the hardest).

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Side Leg Raise

This simple but effective side leg raise will strengthen your hip abductors, making daily tasks like getting in and out of your car easier.

Standing Hip Extension

Calf Raise

The Clam

The clam exercise is a great way to strengthen the muscles on the outer hip and in the buttocks.

Tips to Safely and Successfully Use Resistance Bands:

• Use a resistance band or tube with foam handles. They’re easier to grip.
• Or add foam pipe insulation to bands or tubes to create handles.
• Handles not an option? Opt for resistance tubes. They’re gentler on hands.
• Resistance tubes and bands come in many lengths and resistance levels. Don’t rely on their color to gauge these factors. Manufacturers use different colors to indicate them.
• Try different ones to find the best fit.
• The last few reps in a set should be difficult, but not impossible.