Rear Foot Elevated Split Squat with Safety Squat Bar

Have you heard of the bi-lateral deficit?

This basically means that training bi-lateral exercises such as the squat, there's neural drive taken up by both legs. With a uni-lateral exercises such as this one, less neural drive is spoken for with both legs, so more neural drive can be taken up with just one leg. This equates to more strength.

Here's a great uni-lateral exercise performed with the safety squat bar, which places the weight higher up on your back, thus shifting your center of mass and requiring more upper back and core recruitment.

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