Split Squat with Roll

The Split Squat with Roll targets your lower body, focusing on the quads, hamstrings, and glutes. This exercise improves balance and stability.

  1. Start in a split stance with one foot forward and the other foot back.
  2. Lower your body into a squat, keeping your front knee over your ankle.
  3. As you rise, roll your back knee forward and return to the starting position.
  4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch legs.

How to perform the Split Squat with Roll

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Split Squat with Roll using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your calves.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your calves rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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