Squats for athletic performance

Squats is in exercise that everyone should do to make their quads, hips and legs increasing your stabilizer muscles. Squats are one exercise that many people know they should have in their workout regimine but often is not done because it is an uncomfortable feeling for those who are not used to the feeling. In order for a person to get comfortable doing so takes time…

One way that people who are not used to doing so is to actually preform this execrise with a bench under them so they will try to tap the bench and raise up as soon as they touch. This is a good way to learn how to squat but much like a tricycle it is to learn how to squat properly not to be the only way they know how to squat.

How to preform a standard weighted back squats

1. step under the bar, placing the bar on your traps(You may use a towel to wrap over the bar or bar cushion), lift it off the rack and take a step back
2. keep your back straight, dip down to a sitting position using your hips and legs to move downward.
3. Using your legs and hips move upward, rep 1

Types of squats

• Standard weighted back squat- bearing the weight on your traps.
• Front weight squat-Having the weight rest on your delts.
• Body weight squat- bearing no weight
• sitting Squats- These are the squats done with a bench under you where your butt touches the bench and comes back up.

What the squats works on the body

Common mistakes when preforming a squat and ways to correct them