Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / legs
Banded monster walk
Band above knees, hinge squat position, step laterally — hips level.
Muscles
- Primary
- hip abductors
- Supporting
- glutes
Mechanics
- Pattern
- hip extension
- Equipment
- bands
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Hip abductors burning laterally; hips stay square, not hiking each step.
- Progression
- Heavier band or forward/backward walk variation.
- Regression
- Band below knees and shorten step width until hips stay level.
Watch for
- Letting the knee cave inward
- Losing the squat hinge and standing upright
- Taking too large a step and losing tension
Substitutions
- Clamshell
- Hip thrust (barbell)
- Glute bridge (BW, top-end squeeze)