stretching
Split Squats
Works the hamstrings, with no equipment.
Specification
| Equipment | not recorded |
| Primary muscles | hamstrings |
| Secondary muscles | calves, glutes, quadriceps |
| Mechanic | not recorded |
| Force | push |
| Level | intermediate |
| Category | stretching |
How to do it
- Being in a standing position. Jump into a split leg position, with one leg forward and one leg back, flexing the knees and lowering your hips slightly as you do so.
- As you descend, immediately reverse direction, standing back up and jumping, reversing the position of your legs. Repeat 5-10 times on each leg.
Test it
This is one of the three lifts that get judged in competition, which means there is a real distribution to measure yourself against.