compound · Lunge
Cossack Squat
Cossack Squat is a compound lunge movement for adductors, using no equipment. It also works quads and glutes. 3 sets of 8-12, 1 min rest.
- Primary muscle
- Adductors
- Equipment
- None — bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Sets and reps
- 3 × 8-12
- Rest
- 60s
- Force
- push
How to do it
- 1Set up
Very wide stance, hands out front as a counterweight.
- 2The cue that matters
Sit into one hip and keep the straight leg's heel down with the toe up.
- 3Work it
3 sets of 8-12, resting about 1 minute between them. Both sides, same number of reps.
Muscles worked
Adductors does most of the work. Quads and glutes take the rest.