Potty Squat With Support

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Place your hands on a sturdy support, such as a countertop or chair. Bend your knees and lower your body down into a seated position, as if you were sitting back onto a toilet seat. Keep your back straight and your heels on the ground. Push through your heels and stand back up to the starting position. Repeat.

How to perform the Potty Squat With Support

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Potty Squat With Support using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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