Exercise Library / Skater
Skater
Side-to-side bounds that build lateral power and single-leg control.
Muscles worked
Primary Glutes
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How to do it
- Bound sideways off one leg, landing on the other like a speed skater.
- Stay low — hips back, chest slightly forward, knees soft.
- Stick each landing for a beat before pushing off again.
- Swing your arms across your body for rhythm and balance.
- Make the bounds wider as your control improves.
Common mistakes
- Standing up between bounds. Popping upright unloads the glutes — the athletic half-crouch is the exercise.
- Wobbling through the landing. Bounding again before you're stable trains sloppiness; stick each landing first.
- Tiny hops. Narrow side steps don't push the glutes and adductors — width is the workload.
What the camera coach watches
These are the exact checks FitFormBuddy runs on every rep of skater — and what it says when you drift:
- Landing height“stay low in your landing”
Get real-time form cues on this exercise
FitFormBuddy watches through your camera and coaches you mid-set — reps counted, mistakes called out as they happen.
