Squat University on Instagram: "The science: The resistance band forces abduction (pushing knees outward) and helps maintain hip external rotation, which strongly recruits the glute medius and the upper fibers of the glute maximus (both key players in those actions). This “wakes up” and prioritizes the glutes as the primary hip extensors, reducing the hamstrings’ overcompensation (called synergistic dominance) and shifting neuromuscular control back to the glutes for better activation during the

Thick legs, wide hips, bowed or outward-turned legs, large belly, and lots of fat on the inner thigh