Squat Variations

April 22nd, 2011 | Posted by CrossMMAFitter in Leg Strength

Air Squat

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and while keeping your head above your knees, lower down your butt and go all the way down past your ankles. As for your arms position, you can hold them the way you prefer. Holding your arms up and straight over your head may give you a better squatting form.

Deck Squat

From standing position, simply squat down and then roll backward.

Kettlebell Deck Squat

This is a deck squat without rolling back as you are holding a kettlebell. You may use a plate, dumbell or sandbag instead.

You may also add a jump after your get up on your feet

Jumping Deck Squat

This is a deck squat plus a jump right after you roll back to your feet. You may use a plyo box to measure your vertical jump.

The other variation of jumping deck jump squat is rolling back to your feet and then jump for distance rather than height while using your arms to propel your body forward.

Or your can jump upward and forward at the same time. If you are using a plyo box make sure it’s padded on the edges so you won’t hurt yourslef in case you miss landing on the top of the box.

Weighted Deck Squat

You can perform the above squats with added weights on your back. Make sure you don’t add much weights to stay light on your feet to be able explode foward or upward or both.

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