This exercise involves elevating your back foot on a raised surface (demonstrated below by Arrington).

As mentioned, this variation can help emphasize activation in your back quad.

What are the benefits?

Sarah Regan

As Arrington explains, split squats have a lot of benefits, namely working yourquads and glutes.

And because they’re a unilateral (one-sided) move, you’ll needadequate balance.

Dino Malvone