Squat ► squat

Individual work

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, arms supported on your hips, bent or in front of you at chest height, bend your knees to approximately a right angle at the knee joints (buttocks at about knee height) and stretch back to the starting position.

Attention:
Move your buttocks backwards, not your knees forwards. Keep your knees behind your toes. Keep your back straight at all times (tense your core), distribute your weight over your entire foot, push your knees outwards (do not tilt them inwards). A support for the heels makes the exercise easier.

Lighten:
Do not lower your buttocks too low (greater angle in the knees).

Harden:
Additional weight (on the shoulders, in front or with arms hanging in the hands); unstable support.

1 soft mat (small)/raised surface ► make the exercise easier (position)

1 weight vest/(medicine) ball/weight disc/barbell/sandbag/2 dumbbells ► make the exercise more difficult (additional weight)
1 balance cushion/balance board ► make the exercise more difficult (unstable surface)