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Movement · Upper Legs

Curtsey Squat

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Take a step diagonally behind and across your body with your right foot, crossing it behind your left leg. Bend both knees as if you were curtsying, lowering your body towards the ground. Keep your torso upright and your weight on your front foot. Push through your front foot to return to the starting position. Repeat on the other side, stepping diagonally behind and across your body with your left foot.

TargetGlutes
Equipmentbody weight
Body partUpper Legs

Technique

How to Perform

  1. 1

    Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.

  2. 2

    Take a step diagonally behind and across your body with your right foot, crossing it behind your left leg.

  3. 3

    Bend both knees as if you were curtsying, lowering your body towards the ground.

  4. 4

    Keep your torso upright and your weight on your front foot.

  5. 5

    Push through your front foot to return to the starting position.

  6. 6

    Repeat on the other side, stepping diagonally behind and across your body with your left foot.

Muscles worked

Target and supporting

Target

Glutes

Secondary

QuadricepsHamstringsCalves

Training plans

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