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Technique

  1. Stand on a Slant board with the toes pointing down, feet hip-width apart.
  2. Squat down until your thighs touch your calves.
  3. Push through your legs to come back up.

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Form tips

  • Keep a neutral spine.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
Flexibility

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

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Equipment

Slant board
Slant board

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Kneeextension
Hipextensionflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

e11o

Goblet cyclist squat

Novice

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Variations

e031

Deep squat

Beginner
e11o

Goblet cyclist squat

Novice
e05x

Jumping deep squat

Novice
e0jq

Goblet squat

Novice
e0xp

Deep squat hold

Beginner
e11j

Stability ball wall squat

Beginner
e01o

Assisted deep squat

Beginner
w012

Deck squat

Novice
e02o

Close squat

Novice
e0zu

Wide squat good morning

Novice
e17r

Prying squat

Novice
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