How to do a Body Weight Squat

What we will do is go through a couple of simple movements just to make sure that the athlete is prepared to move on to this lift. It will start off with what we call a Body Weight Squat.

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So, what we will do is Bobby will stand feet about shoulder with the part. Toes slightly out,

And then Bobby will proceed to drop his hips back and squat down.

That is it, and back up.

Bobby can raise his hands up in front just a little bit of balance and then squat again, coming down to the top of the thigh, parallel to the floor position.

When you are coming down and checking to see if it is parallel, you want to look at the break in the hip being parallel to the knee in front,

And that is a Body Weight Squat.

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Another angle for the body weight squat, just looking at from the side view,

Again checking to make sure that the breaking hip is parallel to the knee so Bobby can actually come a few,

That is it.

Down and back up.

Another thing to look for is that the back stays flat. You will notice that Bobby’s back actually comes forward slightly, so what we want to do is try to get Bobby a seat back a little bit more over his hips,

And back up.

And that is a side angle of the Body Weight Squat.


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