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Technique

  1. Start in a deep squat position.
  2. Walk forward while staying in the squat, taking small steps and keeping your hips low.

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Form tips

  • Keep your chest up and your back as straight as possible.
  • Avoid letting your knees collapse inward.
Logging: Alternate sides continuously.
Risks
  • This exercise places high stress on the knee joints; move slowly and stop if you feel pain.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Legs
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Soleus
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

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