What are squats? And what type are they?

Question

Like what do they help you on?

Answer 1

Squats really build muscles in you legs. Its helps your lower back and legs. You bend you torso down like your are ready to do leap frog, but you keep your hands off the ground and you come back up and repeat.  

Answer 2

They improve your butt and thighs. To do them, stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and bend your legs as if you were sitting down. Then pull up, and repeat. Here's a site that describes the proper technique: http://stronglifts.com/how-to-squat-with...

Answer 3

Squats are like going into a sitting position and coming back up. Make sure your knees are in line with your ankles and don't pass your toes. You stand with your legs wide apart and squat like your going to sit in a chair and come back up. They are good for your lower body strength and tone.  

Answer 4

Its me!

Answer 5

Squats is when you rest the bar (with weight on it) on the top of your back on the muscle and squat down low real low and bring it back up. it works on your abs and quads    

Answer 6

squats are where either using your own body weight a barbell across your traps or dumbbells at your side you have your feet shoulder width apart and bent at the knee until your thigh are parallel to the floor and forcefully use your legs to get your self upright again.

it is a compound move for the quads, hams and glutes

Answer 7

Squat is a mass building exercise you do for your legs.Here is what a squat looks like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbxxs1PEr...

Squat are of two types.Front and back squat.The above video is back squat.

Here is what front squat looks like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHu4jhUbx...

Answer 8

Squats are the king of all bodybuilding exercises. As they work your whole leg, gluts, butt, inadverantley also stablizing core muscles and arm muscles.

Answer 9

Put your hands on your hips. Bend at the knees as far as you can. You just did a squat. They are by far, the best exercise you can do. Doing a real squat requires holding some type of weight (usually a barbell across your shoulders) and squatting until your butt touches the floor. the main muscles that get hit are your upper legs and butt (quads and glutes) but once you start working with heavier weights your whole body benefits.