Deck Squat

General And Specifics

• you can train your endurance or use it as a warm-up
• additionally, it is appropriate to burn fat and to improve the flexibility
• ideally, work out on the carpet or a fitness mat

Starting Position

• stand upright and leave enough space behind you

Correct Execution

• bend the legs as in the regular Squat (the body weight is on the heels)
• touch the floor with your buttocks and lean back
• roll back, but do not do a full backwards roll
• the knees come to the chest
• invert the motion, when only the upper back and optionally your hands touch the floor
• roll forwards and use the momentum to get back on your feet, your arms and legs can help, too
• stretch the legs and stand upright again

tips for the workout

• hold a kettlebell, a dumbbell or a filled backpack in front of your chest to impede the exercise
• impede it even more, if you add a jump at the end of the exercise