Taking away the elastic rebound from a leg exercise can be very beneficial for muscle growth.
This exercises forces you to start from a dead stop on every rep.
You'll start in a standing position. Come down into the bottom position with one leg back - this part is like a Reverse/Step Back Lunge.
Bring your front leg back and kneel on both knees. Now bring the other leg forward and get into that split squat position.
Come up to the standing position again.
You can do all your reps in one direction then switch or immediately step back with the same leg and go around the other way.
You can also do another variation of this exercise where when you come back up to the top, you come up on only one leg and don't touch the other one down. This keeps good tension on the muscles at the top.
Then just step back down and repeat in the other direction, again holding your other leg off the ground at the top of the movement.
It's easier to see in the video how this works so definitely watch that.
This exercise in general is a very good one for the legs. It looks like it might be hard on the knees but I haven't found that when I've done it.
To put more direct focus on the quads, try an exercise like the Barbell Cursing Walking Lunge.
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