Primary muscles: Thighs, hips, glutes
Secondary muscles: Core, lower back, calves
Equipment: No equipment
Squat Side Kick Instructions
1. Start in a squat position with your hips back and your feet shoulder-width apart.
2. As you stand up switch your weight to the right leg and lift your left leg out to the side.
3. Return to the squat position and repeat with the right leg.
Proper Form And Breathing Pattern
Keep your chest up, your hips back, and engage your core. Inhale as you squat and don’t let your knees extend beyond the toes. Breathe out as you shift your weight to one leg and maintain your back aligned as you kick to the side.
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Exercise Benefits
The squat side kick is a dynamic variation of the bodyweight squat with an additional lateral movement. You can add this exercise to your warm up, cardio, or lower body workout. Asides from the benefits to your legs and glutes, this exercise is also very challenging to your core muscles. You can expect to see improvements in your stability and an increase in muscle strength.
Squat Side Kick Demonstration
Sets And Reps
Add the squat side kick to your warm up or cardio routine and repeat the exercise, at a fast pace, for 30 seconds to 1 minute. You can also add the squat side kick to your lower body workout. Do 10 to 15 reps on each side and focus on really working on your legs and glutes. Go into a deeper squat and kick your legs slowly and as high as you can without losing form.
Calories Burned
To calculate the number of calories burned doing the squat side kick, enter your weight and the duration of the exercise:
Related Warm Up Exercises
Try these other warm up exercises to increase your heart rate and prepare your body for a workout:
Lunge twist
March in place
High kicks
Ankle hops
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