Swiss Ball Wall Squats

Swiss Ball Wall Squats is a very common and a relatively gentle and safe exercise to strengthen your thigh muscles and gluts.

Very important things to note is that if you experience any knee pain while carrying out this exercise you should stop immediately, review your form/technique and if the pain persists discontinue the wall squat exercise.

To ensure a good form while doing Swiss Ball Wall Squats make sure that your knee never crosses over the tip of your big toe. That's why you start with both feet slightly further forward than your hips.

These are the muscles you target with this stability ball squat exercise:

The whole quadriceps complex of muscles (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis).

-Gluteus maximus

As usual discontinue doing Swiss Ball Wall Squats immediately if you experience any sharp pain while attempting this exercise.

These are the steps you need to follow to do this exercise correctly:

1. Stand up with your back supporting the Swiss Ball
against the wall (Swiss Ball should sit roughly in the
small/curve of your lower back)

2. Keep your feet slightly forward, back straight
(vertical) and look straight ahead

3. Slowly squat down until your knee reaches about 90
degrees of knee bend (your knee should never reach
further forward than the tip of your big toe)

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