SQUAT

Squat

In strength training, the squat is a compound, full body exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, quads, hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body. Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks, as well as developing core strength. Isometrically, the lower back, the upper back, the abdominals, the trunk muscles, the costal muscles, and the shoulders and arms are all essential to the exercise and thus are trained when squatting with the proper form.

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squat

Noun

  1. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. : A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders.
  3. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a .
  4. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter.
  5. Something of no value; nothing.
    I know squat about nuclear physics.
  6. A sudden or crushing fall.
  7. A small vein of ore.
  8. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).

Verb

  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
  2. To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
  3. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
  4. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
  5. To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash.

Adjective

  1. Relatively short or low and thick or broad
  2. Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.


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