Technique
- Position one foot under the center of a Barbell, keeping a slight bend in the knee, with your free leg up behind you and grab the bar.
- Extend at the knees and hips to lift the bar, engaging your Glutes and Hamstrings, to stand up straight.
- Hinge at the hips and lower the Barbell towards the ground, maintaining a straight back and lifting the free leg back.
Form tips
- Keep your back straight and avoid rounding or arching when bending your hips.
- Focus on a slow and controlled descent and ascent, avoiding momentum.
- Keep your hips squared and facing forward during the movement.
Logging: Weight used on one side. Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Spine
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Neck
- Quadriceps
- Legs
- Back
- Shoulders
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Spinalis thoracis
- Longissimus thoracis
- Iliocostalis
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Balance
Calisthenics skills
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Progressions
Nordic curl
Advanced
Single kettlebell one-leg clean
Intermediate
Single dumbbell one-leg clean
Intermediate
One-leg deadlift knee crunch
Intermediate
Regressions
Romanian deadlift
Novice
One-leg hinge
Novice
Kickstand deadlift
Novice
Variations
Double dumbbell one-leg deadlift
Intermediate
One-leg hinge
Novice
Back scale
Novice
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