The key difference with a bulgarian split squat is the rear leg is at rest which reduces the stabilisation portion and allows for greater force and velocity.
Targets: Entire lower body, abdominals, lower back, rhomboids
- Stand tall with your back leg raised on a bench and ensure you can still have your hips in a neutral position so that you are not twisted
- Draw the belly button in gently and ensure no pressure is on the back.
- Activate the muscles around the knee first by bending at the knee slightly.
- Once the calves begin to tighten initiate the hip and sit backward placing weight through the heels.
- Breathe in on way down and breathe out on way up whilst driving the hips forward and chest up.