Triathlon Exercises - Split Squat
Courtesy of Carey at boundless-energy.com, this spilt squat exercise is an excellent way of maintaining muscular balance in each leg and will benefit your pedalling during the bike leg (as well as your run leg strength). The exercise mainly targets the upper leg muscles, in particular the quads and hamstrings.
Start off with 10 reps on the left leg, then 10 on the right. This equates to 1 complete ‘set’. Look to complete 3 sets and only increase the number of exercise reps once the exercise has become very easy. If you don’t have access to gym equipment you could always utilise a chair to support the back foot. Please make sure that the chair or object is stable enough to support your body weight so you can perform the exercise.
Make sure that you have completed a sufficient warm-up prior to starting the exercise and that you stretch the worked muscle groups upon exercise completion.
Please understand that exercise and physical activity, including the use of equipment is potentially hazardous. Participation in physical activity may result in injury and that you choose voluntarily to take part in these activities, including using any free weights, resistance or cardio equipment. Please be fully aware of the dangers involved. Be taking part in such exercises you therefore declare yourself to be physically sound and suffering from no condition, impairment, disease, infirmity, or illness that would prevent you from participating in physical activities, or exercise, and that you must therefore assume and accept any and all risk of injury and damage.
Happy Training!!
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