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Cossack squat

Intermediate

Cossack squat is a compound bodyweight exercise for the quads, also working the adductors, glutes, and hamstrings.

Trained one side at a time.

What it works

Primary muscle

Quads

Also works

AdductorsGlutesHamstrings

Equipment
Bodyweight
Movement
Legs
Type
Compound · Push
Logged as
Reps
Suggested rest
90 seconds

How to do it

  1. 1Stand with your feet about twice shoulder-width apart, toes pointing forward or turned out slightly.
  2. 2Shift your weight to one side and bend that knee, sitting your hips back and down while the other leg stays straight.
  3. 3Let the straight leg pivot onto its heel with the toes pointing up, and keep the heel of the bent leg flat on the floor.
  4. 4Keep your chest up and the bent knee tracking over your toes, going only as deep as you can control.
  5. 5Push back up through the bent leg to the middle, then repeat on the other side.

What to do instead

  • Barbell lateral lungeBarbell
  • Barbell side split squatBarbell

Harder variations

  • Weighted cossack squatsWeight plate
Logged today · 90 seconds restCossack squat

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