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Single leg squat (pistol) male
Upper legs · Body weight
Target muscles
Glutes
Also works
QuadricepsHamstringsCalves
How to do it
- 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and arms extended in front of you.
- 2Lift your right foot off the ground and extend it forward.
- 3Slowly lower your body down by bending your left knee and pushing your hips back.
- 4Keep your chest up and your back straight as you lower yourself down.
- 5Lower until your left thigh is parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- 6Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your left heel to return to the starting position.
- 7Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch legs.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits