Lever Isometric Squat Hip Abduction

Perform the Lever Isometric Squat Hip Abduction by positioning yourself on the lever machine with your feet shoulder-width apart. Engage your core and lower into a squat position while keeping your back straight.

Once in the squat position, extend one leg out to the side, maintaining tension in your working leg. Hold this position for a set duration, then return to the starting squat.

  1. Adjust the lever machine to your height.
  2. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart.
  3. Lower into a squat while keeping your back straight.
  4. Extend one leg out to the side and hold.
  5. Return to the squat position and repeat on the other side.

How to perform the Lever Isometric Squat Hip Abduction

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Lever Isometric Squat Hip Abduction using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  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 glutes 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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