How do you perform this exercise?
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand.
- Extend one leg forward and keep it off the ground throughout the exercise.
- Bend your standing leg and lower your body down as if sitting back into a chair.
- Keep your chest up and your back straight.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heel to return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch legs.
Which other muscles are involved?
Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
