Single-Leg Training Exercises: The Skater Squat The skater squat is a great single leg exercise that improves hip and knee stability. Single leg unsupported exercises trains the glutes and external hip rotators as stabilizers of the hip. This stabilizing function is important for knee, hip, and low-back stability. The glutes and external rotators are sometimes […]…
Single Leg Exercises: Bulgarian Split Squat Most athletic movements found in sports and everyday life require weight transfer to one leg: walking, running, and lunging for example. There are two categories of single leg exercises – supported and unsupported. The “Rear Foot Elevated Split Squat” (RFESS) is a single-leg (supported) exercise that can be used […]…
Single-Leg Exercises: The B-Stance Squat The b-stance squat is a challenging single-leg exercise that has good carry over to the squat. Most athletic movements found in sports and everyday life require weight transfer to one leg: walking, running, and lunging for example. There are two categories of single leg exercises: supported and unsupported. Split squats […]…