Exercise of the Week – Squat to Stand

Introducing weekly exercises, along with instructions and photos on how to perform them safely.

Squat To Stand

• Set up with your feet in a slightly wider than shoulder width stance.
• Bend over to grab the bottom of your feet, and then “pull” yourself into a deep squat position.
• As you move into the bottom position, focus on forcing the chest up, pushing the knees out, and keeping the heels down.
• From the bottom position, raise the hips back up without letting go of your feet.
• Hold this hamstring stretch for a count of one-one-thousand, and then pull yourself back down into the deep squat position.
• This mobility drill will re pattern your muscles to correctly perform a deep squat
• From a mechanical standpoint squatting starts in the down position and not in the up position.
• 6-10 reps

 

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