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Kettlebell Single Leg Split Squat with Low Box
How to do the kettlebell single leg split squat with low box, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Kettlebell
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Hold a kettlebell in each hand or one in the goblet position at your chest, and set up in a split stance with your rear foot resting on a low box behind you. Lower straight down by bending your front knee until your front thigh is roughly parallel to the floor, keeping your chest tall. Drive through your front heel to stand back up, finishing all reps before switching legs.
- 1The front-leg quad and glute driving you up out of the bottom
- 2A stretch through the front of the rear hip as you descend
- 3Your front knee tracking over your toes with a tall chest
Common mistakes
- Letting the front knee cave inward
- Pushing off the rear foot instead of loading the front leg
- Rounding your back or leaning too far forward
Muscles worked
The kettlebell single leg split squat with low box mainly works the quads and glutes, with the hamstrings, forearms, lower back, and calves assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.