Technique
- Stand on one leg.
- Cross the other leg behind the support leg diagonally.
- Perform a Shrimp squat by lowering until the back knee lightly touches the ground.
- Push back up to the starting position.
Form tips
- Keep the standing knee aligned with the toes and avoid caving inward.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Regressions
Shrimp squat
Intermediate
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