Moves/Squat To Y

Squat To Y

ID: 143

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Exercise Type:
Lower Squat
Contraindications:
Lower Back Problems
Equipment:
Floor Based
Applicability:
Group
Superset?:
Yes
Sprint-able?:
No

Key Teaching Points:

  1. 1. Think of sitting between your heels rather than sitting back onto them.
  2. 2. Take air in at the top, brace, descend; exhale on the way up through the sticking point.
  3. 3. Depth before load — achieve full range with bodyweight before adding resistance.

Regression:

Goblet squat with a light counterweight to reinforce an upright torso and depth simultaneously.

Progression:

Progress to a single-leg squat variation: Bulgarian split squat, pistol squat, or shrimp squat.

Common Problems:

Bouncing out of the bottom — enforce a pause at the bottom to eliminate elastic rebound.