How to perform it
- Stand upright with your abs engaged and your feet hip-width apart.
- Raise your arms overhead while keeping your shoulders stabilized and your torso aligned.
- Step one leg forward to create a firm and stable base.
- Bend your knees with control and lower your body straight down.
- Keep your front knee aligned with your foot and your back knee pointing toward the floor.
- Keep your arms raised throughout the movement without excessively arching your lower back.
- Press through the front leg to return to the starting position while maintaining torso control.
- Exhale as you rise and inhale as you lower.
What you should feel
Work in the quadriceps, glutes, and core, with increased stability demand from keeping the arms overhead. The effort should remain controlled in the legs, abs, and shoulders, without pain in the knees, lower back, or shoulders.
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Exercise questions
Stand upright with your abs engaged and your feet hip-width apart. Raise your arms overhead while keeping your shoulders stabilized and your torso aligned. Step one leg forward to create a firm and stable base. Bend your knees with control and lower your body straight down. Keep your front knee aligned with your foot and your back knee pointing toward the floor. Keep your arms raised throughout the movement without excessively arching your lower back. Press through the front leg to return to the starting position while maintaining torso control. Exhale as you rise and inhale as you lower.
Unilateral leg movement to work the core, quadriceps, and glutes while maintaining balance during the lowering and return phases.
Work in the quadriceps, glutes, and core, with increased stability demand from keeping the arms overhead. The effort should remain controlled in the legs, abs, and shoulders, without pain in the knees, lower back, or shoulders.
The guidance above organizes the content from the Athletic Station exercise base. Adapt the movement to your individual condition and stop if you experience pain.