What TikTok’s Viral ‘Shrimp Challenge’ Can Really Tell You About Your Fitness

On TikTok, people are testing their lower-body strength and mobility with the deceptively difficult “shrimp challenge,” often with fail-tastic results.

Taking a knee for this latest viral fitness challenge involves less Smirnoff Ice and probably more falling and laughing. The test doesn’t involve seafood, either. Instead, it’s a take on the shrimp squat, which is a squat executed on one leg, while holding the foot of your other leg up to your butt behind you.

The shrimp squat is hard enough, but the shrimp challenge takes it to another level.

What is the shrimp challenge?

The test first circulated in 2022, but it started to go viral in mid-April and continued to pick up momentum after some physical therapists posted a video making it look all too easy.

Now, basketball players, ballet dancers, fitfluencers, and regular people alike are trying the challenge—with only a select few actually able to do it. Yep, not all of the super strong pro athletes or ultra-bendy ballerinas can do it.

But if you’re willing to give it a shot, here’s how to do it:

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