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A hip hinge against a long loop band across the upper back.

This page is a working draft. A coach has not reviewed it, so read it as a starting point, not as checked instruction.

Pattern: Hinge
Modality: Strength
Difficulty: Beginner
Mechanic: Unknown
Force: Unknown
Laterality: Bilateral
Impact: Low
Trains where: Gym, Home
At home: Yes

How to do it

Set up

Stand on the lower part of a long loop band with the feet about hip-width apart.
Place the upper part across the upper back below the neck and hold it in place with both hands.

Do the rep

Keep a slight knee bend and move the hips back as the torso tips forward.
Extend the hips to return to standing without leaning back.

What counts as a rep

A rep counts when the hips move back with a steady back and return to an upright stance.

One rep counts when the hips move back with a steady back and return to an upright stance.

Breathing

Exhale during the effort; inhale during the controlled return.

Cues

Keep the band below the neck.
Move at a steady speed.
Use a stronger band when the reps get easy.

Common mistakes

Turning the hinge into a squat
What you seeThe knees keep bending while the hips drop down.
FixKeep the knee bend small and move the hips backward.
Control keeps the work in the intended movement.

Stop the set if

Stop if you feel sharp pain.
Stop if the band slips or shows a tear.
End the set when you cannot meet the rep standard under control.

General educational content, not individual coaching or medical advice.

Muscles worked

Prime movers

Hamstrings · moderate confidence
Glutes · moderate confidence

Assisting

Spinal erectors · moderate confidence
Deep core / trunk stabilizers · moderate confidence

Equipment

Resistance band

Stand on the lower part of a long loop band with the feet about hip-width apart. Place the upper part across the upper back below the neck and hold it in place with both hands.

In the app

You log this by hand. The camera coach does not watch this movement yet.

Tracking: Manual

How this page was checked

Draft. A editorial reviewer has not signed this off yet.

Draft text is original copy for Wave 2 batch 7, written from the blueprint CSV row and the Wave 2 rules page of 2026-10-12. No human review is complete.
Technique, cues, rep standard, breathing, stop cues, and error corrections need independent sources and the assigned review tier (blueprint two-source rule).
Programming roles, skill tier, failure cost, timed use, goal fit, and equipment follow the rules page; the switch-on PR must confirm them.
Anatomy uses the CSV planning hints; the assigned review tier must confirm it.
Legacy relations and engine edges stay empty until the progression ladder lane and S2-CAT-005.
Timed use and goal fit copy ex_dumbbell_romanian_deadlift, the closest Wave 1 record. The copied timed-use state is a candidate; this draft has no reviewer approval.
The CSV says lower-body. The record uses hinge and primary_hinge, secondary_lower under the owner ruling of 2026-10-12 (#340).
The CSV allows resistance-band or mini-band. The setup stands on or anchors a long band, so the record requires resistance-band only (rule 1).
Skill tier beginner: The band tension, depth or handle assistance can be reduced for a first-session rep. Failure cost low: The user can stop safely with band resistance or on the floor. (rule 3).
The CSV prescribes load-and-reps. Bands and suspension resistance have no kg value, so the record uses bodyweight-reps only and an effort progression cue (rule 1).
The CSV muscle list is a family hint. The record selects hamstrings, glutes as primary and spinal-erectors, deep-core as secondary. The vocabulary groups the hip abductors under glutes; coach review must confirm this anatomy.

All instruction and editorial text in this record is original draft copy written for Allena. Planning metadata comes from the internal Wave-2 blueprint CSV.

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