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bodyweight squat - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

bodyweight squat

Lower body strengthening exercise involving hip and knee flexion in a controlled squat pattern.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
quadriceps, gluteus maximus, hamstrings
Goal
postural correction, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with feet hip-width apart and arms held in front at shoulder height. Bend your knees and lower your body as if sitting on a chair. Return to the starting position. Repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.