Suspended Split Squat

What it is

This intermediate lower body exercise isolates one leg at a time, using suspension straps to challenge your balance. It primarily targets your quadriceps, while also engaging your glutes, hamstrings, calves, and inner and outer thigh muscles for stability and support.

Technique tips

• Keep your chest up and core engaged throughout the movement.
• Maintain an upright posture, avoiding leaning too far forward or back.
• Focus on driving through your front heel as you push back up.
• Descend until your front thigh is roughly parallel to the floor.
• Breathe in as you lower and exhale as you return to start.
• Ensure your front knee tracks directly over your toes.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.