Single-leg Smith machine squat
Squat on one leg under a Smith machine bar, the other foot lifted or resting lightly. The fixed bar handles balance, so the working quad can be loaded hard.
- Working foot slightly in front of the bar
- Free foot off the floor or barely touching
- Lower under control, drive through the whole foot
Movement
- Pattern
- Squat
- Type
- Compound, several joints move
- Sides
- One side at a time
- Equipment
- Smith machine
- Variation of
- Smith machine squat
Muscles worked
Main movers get full credit for a set, helpers half.