Technique
- Stand with a wide stance and toes pointed outward.
- Descend into a squat and lift your heels off the floor.
- Stay in the low position of the squat for all the heel lift repetitions
Form tips
- Maintain a vertical torso.
- Keep knees aligned with the toes.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Legs
- Hip adductors
Secondary
- Quadriceps
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Pelvis
Flexibility
Primary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Gracilis
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Joint movements
Regressions
Wide squat
Beginner
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