Resistance-Band Clam

1. Lie on your side with your hips stacked and your legs stacked on top of each other. Bend your knees at a 90-degree angle.

2. Place a resistance band just above your knees around both thighs.

3. Rest your head on your lower arm or use your hand to prop your head up.

4. Without moving your pelvis or your lower leg, slowly raise your top knee toward the ceiling by separating your knees while keeping your feet together. This should create the 'clam-opening' motion.

5. Pause for a moment at the top of the motion, where your glutes are contracted.

6. Slowly lower your knee back down to the starting position.

7. Perform the desired number of reps and sets, then switch sides and repeat the exercise with the opposite leg.

Ensure that the movement is controlled, particularly when lowering the knee back down to maintain tension on the glutes and not to let the resistance band snap the knee back into place quickly.

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