Cossack Squats

Adductors
None
Intermediate
Cossack Squats — demonstration position
THE CUE
Side-to-side squat. Shift your weight fully to one leg while the other stays straight.
MUSCLES WORKED
Quadriceps, Adductors, Glutes Also: Hamstrings, Core (balance)
COACH'S NOTE
Shift side to side, stay deep

How to do it

01
Stand with a wide stance, toes slightly pointed out.
The full cossack squats guide is in the app.
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3 more steps
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3 common mistakes and how to fix them
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Animated demo and a rest timer, set by set
Open it in Fittrexx — free

How Fittrexx programs it

compound · bodyweight
STYLE
Outdoor · Park
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for cossack squats from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.
IN THE APP
Log cossack squats in seconds.
Weight × reps per set, your previous set shown beside it, and a live bar that tells you whether this session beats last time.
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