Squat against the band, fight it the whole way up.
Don't let the band yank your torso forward, stay tall and own the tension at the top.
Standing on the band with handles racked at your shoulders turns every squat into a fight that intensifies as you rise, light in the hole, heaviest at lockout. Your quads drive the ascent with the glutes finishing the hips, and that reversed loading, easy at the bottom and brutal at the top, is the accommodating resistance trick lifters pay for with chains and bands on a barbell. The band also drags your torso forward the whole time, so staying tall is a core exercise hiding inside a leg exercise.
With the right band and honest effort, yes. Widen your stance on the band, slow the descent, pause at the bottom, and push sets close to failure, tension at the top of a heavy band is more than most people expect.
Band tension scales with stretch, so it is lowest in the hole and highest at lockout. That is the opposite of a barbell squat and it teaches you to accelerate and finish reps hard instead of coasting through the top half.
Rack the handles firmly at your shoulders, brace before you sit back, and think chest tall the entire rep. If you still fold forward, shorten the range slightly or drop a band level until your upper back wins the argument.
