Cossack squat

Sets, reps and RIR

Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Adductors, Quads.

Secondary: Glutes.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Kosakk-knebøy
• Svenska Kosackknäböj
• Dansk Cossack squat
• Deutsch Kosaken Kniebeuge
• Español Sentadilla cosaca
• Italiano Squat cosacco
• Português Agachamento cossaco
• Русский Казачьи приседания
• Français Squat cosaque

Related legs exercises

• Squat (barbell)
• Front squat
• Box squat
• Lunges (barbell)
• Hip thrust (barbell)
• Good morning

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.