Squat With Side Leg Lift
Quick answer
Squat With Side Leg Lift is a beginner compound bodyweight exercise that mainly works the hamstrings, quads and abductors, with the adductors, glutes and abs assisting.
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Muscles worked
How to do Squat With Side Leg Lift
- 1
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, arms in front of you and knees slightly bent. This is is your starting position.
- 2
Bend your knees and lower your body into a full squat position.
- 3
Return to the starting position and lift your right leg sideways as far as you can
- 4
Return the leg to the starting position, perform another squat and repeat on the left leg.
Form cues
- Try to maintain your balance by shifting your bodyweight in the opposite direction of the leg you lift.
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