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Banded Lateral Walk

A lateral walk against a mini-band looped above the knees.

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

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

How to do it

Set up

Loop a mini-band above both knees and stand with the feet about hip-width apart.
Bend the hips and knees slightly and keep tension in the band.

Do the rep

Take a small step to one side, then bring the trailing foot in without letting the feet meet.
Continue for the planned steps, then move the other way.

What counts as a rep

A rep counts when each controlled step by either foot counts once; count both legs together.

One rep counts when each controlled step by either foot counts once; count both legs together.

Breathing

Exhale during the effort; inhale during the controlled return.

Cues

Keep the feet facing forward.
Move at a steady speed.
Use a stronger band when the reps get easy.

Common mistakes

Letting the band go slack
What you seeThe trailing foot moves all the way to the leading foot.
FixUse smaller steps and keep the feet apart.
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

Glutes · moderate confidence

Assisting

Quadriceps · moderate confidence
Deep core / trunk stabilizers · moderate confidence

Equipment

Mini band

Loop a mini-band above both knees and stand with the feet about hip-width apart. Bend the hips and knees slightly and keep tension in the band.

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_glute_bridge, 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 hip-isolation and isolation_target under the owner ruling of 2026-10-12 (#340).
The CSV allows resistance-band or mini-band. The setup uses a loop around the legs, so the record requires mini-band only (rule 1).
The CSV says bilateral. The record uses alternating and total_alternating counting (rule 1). Each step of either leg counts once.
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 glutes as primary and quadriceps, 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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