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Squats at Home
This test is part of the home fitness program, fitness you can do at home with minimal equipment.
Equipment Required: a wall
Technique
- Lean with your back against the wall and your feet about two feet away.
- Your feet should be flat on the floor and about shoulder width apart
- Bend your knees slightly and hold for 10 seconds.
- Bend deeper and hold 10 seconds.
- Continue until you've hit five different positions, the last position as low as you can go.
Key points to remember
Alternatives
- Increase the intensity by pausing for a longer period in each position
- see also the similar home Squat Exercise
Related Pages
- more of fitness at home
- Gym Exercises - the Squat
- Free weights for sale in the fitness store
- squats with dumbbells
- squats at the beach
- squats during pregnancy
- Are squats bad for your knees? - the squat myth
