Curtsey squat exercise demonstration
Curtsey squat

Exercise

Curtsey squat

Curtsey squat is a moderate exercise. It trains glutes.

Muscles
GlutesQuadsHamstringsCalves

Detailed explanation

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Take a step diagonally behind and across your body with your right foot, crossing it behind your left leg. Bend both knees as if you were curtsying, lowering your body towards the ground.

Keep your torso upright and your weight on your front foot. Push through your front foot to return to the starting position.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.

  2. 2

    Take a step diagonally behind and across your body with your right foot, crossing it behind your left leg.

  3. 3

    Bend both knees as if you were curtsying, lowering your body towards the ground.

  4. 4

    Keep your torso upright and your weight on your front foot.

  5. 5

    Push through your front foot to return to the starting position.

  6. 6

    Repeat on the other side, stepping diagonally behind and across your body with your left foot.

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