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squating holding weights - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

squating holding weights

Standing squat with dumbbells, lowering hips as if sitting, then returning to start position.

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, head
Muscles
quadriceps, gluteus maximus, hamstrings, erector spinae
Equipment
dumbbell
Goal
postural correction, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted, isotonic eccentric

How it is done

Stand with feet apart about hip width with arms by the side holding weights( dumbbell). Lower the buttocks by bending knees such as about to sit on a chair and rise again to the starting position.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.