Split Squat Counter: Hands-Free Split Squat Rep Counting

In a split squat your feet stay planted, and the front leg does the work. This split squat counter reads that front leg and watches your hips sink toward your front foot.

It's always one leg at a time. Pick the leg you start with, put it in front, and the coach calls the switch when it's time to change legs.

Phone setup

Lean the phone upright at chest height and stand a few steps back, so your whole body fits in the shot from head to feet.

Stand side-on in your split stance, feet planted, with the leg you picked in front.

• Pick the leg you start with before the set. It goes in front.

Form cues

• Plant your feet. Set a split stance and keep both feet where they are for the whole set.
• Drop straight down. Lower your hips straight down instead of leaning forward.
• Front knee over front foot. Keep your front knee tracking over your front foot as you go down.
• Drive up through the front foot. Standing back up completes the rep, so push through your front foot and finish tall.

Common mistakes

• The wrong leg in front. The counter follows the leg you picked. Put that leg in front before the set starts.
• Shuffling your feet between reps. Keep both feet planted in the split stance for the whole set.
• Crowding the phone. Counting waits until your knees and ankles are in view, so back away from the phone until both feet are in the shot.

How FitnessBruh counts it

The knee is the joint that counts, read from hip to knee to ankle on the leg you picked. Standing tall in the split stance is the start, lowering is the far position, and rising completes the rep.

A second check watches your hips sink toward your front foot, and both checks have to agree. Counting waits for a steady view of your whole body, knees and ankles included.

It's always one leg at a time. When the coach calls the switch, change legs so the other one is in front, and the set ends after both legs.

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