Weighted cossack squats (male)
Glutes Weighted
How to do it
- 1Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart and your toes pointed slightly outward.
- 2Hold a weight in front of your chest with both hands.
- 3Shift your weight to one side and lower your body by bending the knee on that side, keeping the other leg straight.
- 4Lower as far as you can while maintaining balance and keeping your chest up.
- 5Drive through the heel of the bent leg to return to the starting position.
- 6Repeat on the other side, alternating between legs.
More glutes exercises
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- Band hip liftResistance band
- Twist hip liftBodyweight
- Jump squatBodyweight
- Barbell lungeBarbell
- Kettlebell lunge pass throughKettlebell
- Smith sprint lungeSmith machine
- Iron cross stretchBodyweight
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

