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# Crouching stance
> Novice · Static · Unilateral. Strength, flexibility
Also known as: Pu Bu, Half squat stance.
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Static |
| **Symmetry** | Unilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 21 s |
## Technique
1. Start from a Straddle position with your legs wide apart, feet parallel and facing forward
2. Extend the arms to the sides, hands open with palms facing forward
3. Squat down on one leg and point to the other leg’s ankle with the same side hand
4. The arms are almost creating a straight line from hand to hand
## Form tips
* Both feet should remain fully in contact with the ground
* The torso should remain upright, do not bend forward
**Logging:** Work each side for the time indicated.
## Muscles
Strength
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Flexibility
- Hip adductors
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
* Gluteus maximus
* Semitendinosus
* Semimembranosus
* Biceps femoris (long)
* Rectus femoris
* Vastus medialis
* Vastus intermedius
* Vastus lateralis
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/crouching-stance-e0iu). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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