Cossack Squat
Step-by-step technique for Cossack Squat, an exercise for adductors using bodyweight. From the Frog Fitness exercise library.
How to do it
- Stand wide with your toes slightly out.
- Shift your weight to one side and bend that knee deeply.
- Keep the other leg straight.
- Push back to the middle and switch sides.
Coach tip: Opens the hips and inner thighs. Keep your heel down.
Muscles worked
Primary: Adductors
Secondary: Quads, Glutes
Cossack Squat is a strength exercise that loads the adductors using bodyweight. Log it in Frog Fitness to follow how the load develops over time.
At a glance
- Primary muscle
- Adductors
- Secondary
- Quads, Glutes
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Type
- Strength
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