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split squat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body.
    • James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian. 2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in The Guardian:

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split squats Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Bulgarian split squat

Relateds

shrimp squat · dragon squat · pistol squat