4 Balance Drills That Build Serious Leg Strength. — Key Takeaways
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4 Balance Drills That Build Serious Leg Strength.
GMB Fitness (Praxis)5mAug 2, 2026
Watch the originalTrain the drill giving you the most trouble 2x/week, moving slowly for up to 1 minute per leg per direction, to build single-leg strength and balance across all planes of movement.
Key takeaways
Bilateral squats let the stronger leg silently absorb more load — you can't feel it happening
Bilateral squats let the stronger leg silently absorb more load — you can't feel it happening
- With both feet down, the body always offloads to the stronger side; the imbalance is invisible because the movement still feels even.
- Single-leg drills remove that redistribution entirely — the standing leg must handle 100% of the work with no escape.
Train the weakest drill 2x/week: slow, up to 1 min per leg, focus on reach depth not reps
Train the weakest drill 2x/week: slow, up to 1 min per leg, focus on reach depth not reps
- Option 1: isolate your worst drill, both sides, a couple times a week. Option 2: all four drills, 1 min per leg each — complete workout.
- Foot stays on the ground as a kickstand initially; depth increases progressively over sessions as balance and strength improve.
Rear-cross drill requires hip rotation control, not torso twist — don't cheat the reach
Rear-cross drill requires hip rotation control, not torso twist — don't cheat the reach
- Twisting the torso to place the foot cheats the hip's rotational load — the base hip must control rotation with full bodyweight on it.
- This direction is undertrained because nothing in a normal training week mimics it; it's the range most people have the least of.
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In this video
- 1mJust a balance drill
- 1mDrill 1: Forward
- 2mDrill 2: Backward
- 3mDrill 3: Sideways
- 4mDrill 4: Cross-Body
- 5mHow to train these
“Take that foot away and there's no distribution of the work because whatever leg you're standing on has to do all of it.”
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