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# Foot-hold hand-assisted dragon squat
> Intermediate · Dynamic · Unilateral. Strength, balance
Also known as: Baby grasshopper pose, Bala Parsva Bhuja Dandasana.
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| **Difficulty** | Intermediate |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 18 s |
## Technique
1. Cross one leg behind the standing one.
2. Grab the crossing leg with the opposite hand.
3. Start squatting down and place the other hand behind for support.
4. Aim to go all the way down, until your hamstrings touch your calf in the squatting leg.
5. Aim to keep the held leg straight out and not touching the ground.
**Logging:** Repetitions done on one side.
## Muscles
Strength
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
* Gluteus maximus
* Semitendinosus
* Semimembranosus
* Biceps femoris (long)
* Rectus femoris
* Vastus medialis
* Vastus intermedius
* Vastus lateralis
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Advanced
Advanced
## Regressions
Beginner
Beginner
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/foot-hold-hand-assisted-dragon-squat-e0ec). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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