Technique
- Get into a Half squat position, with your feet flat on the ground, your thighs parallel to the ground, and your back flat.
- Then lift your heels off the ground to get on the balls of your feet, but without extending the knees or hips.
- Pause at the top, the come back slowly to the starting position.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Legs
Secondary
- Quadriceps
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Pelvis
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Regressions
Half squat
Beginner
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Beginner
Assisted bent-knee calf raise
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