This compound move hits all the muscles same muscles a squat: quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves, inner thigh (adductors), and core, said personal trainer Misty Tascoe, NASM. Plus, "you are left standing on when leg when you kick to one side, so this also challenges balance and stability." Push the pace while maintaining control to feel your heart rate increase.
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width distance apart, feet parallel. Hold your hands out in front of you for balance. Bend your knees, lowering your hips deeply into a squat, keeping weight back in your heels.
- Then rise back up, straightening the legs completely and lifting the right leg out to the side, squeezing the outer glute.
- As you step the foot back into shoulder-width distance position, squat down again. Then stand up and do a side leg lift on the left side. Lower the leg back to the starting position.
- This completes one rep.
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