5 Important Reasons You Should Be Doing Single-Leg Squats

#2 Identify strength imbalances

Following on #1, not only is the work concentrated on one leg, you will also be able to identify strength imbalances between the left leg and the right leg. Similar to a dominant hand, we also have a dominant leg and most likely you are stronger on one leg than on the other.
If you have already included single-legged training into your training routine, you will have realized, that if you use the same weight for the left leg as well as for the right leg, you will be able to do more repetitions with one of the two legs. We see this all the time with our athletes, that one leg is stronger than the other leg.

the left leg as well as for the right leg, you will be able to do more repetitions with one of the two legs. We see this all the time with our athletes, that one leg is stronger than the other leg.

#3 Greater adductor and abductor activation

Due to reduced balance in a single-legged stance, the muscles of this leg have to work much harder. And especially the muscles that keep the leg in place in the frontal plane (resisting movements to the left or to the right of the body). These muscles are either on the inside of the leg, the adductor group or the outside of the leg the abductor group. So forget these machines, where you sit and bring your legs together, include some single-legged squat variations.

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