Cossack Squats
How to do it
- Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Shift your weight to one side as you bend that knee and push your hips back, keeping the other leg straight and your heel on the floor if possible.
- Keep your chest up, then push back to the center and repeat on the other side.
- Muscles worked
- QuadsGlutesAdductorsHamstrings
- Equipment
- None, bodyweight only
- Type
- Workout
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