split squat

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split squat (plural split squats)

  1. (exercise) A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body.
    • 2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian.
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