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unsupported squats - beginner Lower Body exercise
  • Lower Body
  • beginner

unsupported squats

Stand with arms forward, squat down as if sitting, hold, then return to standing position.

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

How it is done

Stand besides a chair with feet placed hip-width apart . Raise arms to 90 degees forward. Bend your knees to lower the body as if reaching to sit on the chair. Hold and repeat.

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

The plan starts with an assessment.