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# Side-Staggered Squat
> Novice · Dynamic · Unilateral. Strength, flexibility
Also known as: Bent-leg archer squat.
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 23 s |
## Technique
1. Stand with your legs straight and feet around twice shoulder width apart
2. Shift your weight to one side, so that the working leg is under you and the assisting one is to the side; this is the start position.
3. Slowly squat down until you're not able to descend any further.
4. Pause and smoothly bring yourself back up.
5. Over time, straighten the assisting leg to progress towards the Deep archer squat.
**Logging:** Repetitions done on one side.
## Muscles
Strength
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Flexibility
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Hip adductors
* Gluteus maximus
* Semitendinosus
* Semimembranosus
* Biceps femoris (long)
* Rectus femoris
* Vastus medialis
* Vastus intermedius
* Vastus lateralis
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
Intermediate
Novice
Novice
Intermediate
Novice
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