{"id":280,"date":"2010-06-22T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T03:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/?p=280"},"modified":"2020-07-29T06:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T20:55:23","slug":"y-squat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/y-squat\/","title":{"rendered":"Y Squat &#8211; Exercise of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Y Squat &#8211; <a title=\"Exercise of the Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/\">Exercise of the Week<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hold your arms out to your sides in a &#8216;Y&#8217; formation at all times<\/li>\n<li>Keep your upper back and shoulders tensed throughout the exercise<\/li>\n<li>Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart<\/li>\n<li>With your abs braced and glutes squeezed, start the movement at the   hip joint and push your hips backward and \u201csit back into a chair\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Make your hips go back as far as possible and keep your knees in a   straight line<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t let your lower back round and try to squat as deep as possible<\/li>\n<li>Push with your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps to return to the   start position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/T-start.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-start.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-281\" title=\"Y Squat - Start\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-start-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-start-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-start.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/T-finish.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-finish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-282\" title=\"Y Squat - Finish\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-finish-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-finish-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Y-finish.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Click each image for a larger view)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more squat variations and other great exercises, visit the &#8216;<a title=\"Exercise of the Week\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxnrgpt.com.au\/blog\/exercise-of-the-week\/\">MaxNRG Exercise of the Week<\/a>&#8216; page or check out or <a title=\"Exercise Video Library\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MaxNRGpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exercise Video Library<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFWH6jD3Ssk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OFWH6jD3Ssk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Y Squat &#8211; Exercise of the Week Hold your arms out to your sides in a &#8216;Y&#8217; formation at all times Keep your upper back and shoulders tensed throughout the exercise Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart With your abs braced and glutes squeezed, start the movement at the hip joint and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[228,13,226,14],"yst_prominent_words":[367,241,437,438,261,324,366],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.6.1 - 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