THE BENEFITS OF WALL SITS
The wall sit exercise is often overlooked as a leg exercise due to its simplicity in nature. It’s simple, engages many parts of your body and you can do it almost anywhere. In terms of exercise, we often associate exercises of a more complex and advanced nature with superior effectiveness. We tend to saturate our workouts with a small bunch of ‘Instafamous’ exercises, like loaded squats and deadlifts. Just like functional training, the benefits of Wall Sits are endless! It is a super isometric exercise that engages your gluteal muscles, quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, back, chest, abs and hips. However, amongst all the impressive exercises that exist, the discrete wall sit has quite a few benefits that other more commonly performed leg exercises can’t provide.
A common way to try and master the wall squat is to hold it for ungodly amounts of time, but outside of a sport camp for kids or contest with some kind of monetary reward hanging in the balance, how long people can hold a wall squat is a long way away from the point. Yes, increased hold time can heighten the intensity of the exercise but there is a point of diminishing returns, so let’s get it right, then move on with our lives. Now, times have changed, sports physiology has advanced and evolved, and we now know more about human anatomy than ever before. The world of health and fitness can be a funny old place. Specifically, we’re going to be listing a series of wall sit benefits. 19가이드03
1. Works your entire lower body
Wall sits work your entire lower body – your glutes, your hamstrings, and your quads. The main purpose of this exercise is not to increase muscle mass, but to increase muscular endurance.
2. Tones & Strengthens
Just like with any exercise, adequately engaging the correct muscle groups help build muscle physique, lose calories and strengthen.
3. Burn Calories
A lot of people discount wall sits due to the fact that because you are stationary for the majority of the exercise, they assume that you are simply not burning off any real calories.
4. Improves Focus
Concentration on maintaining perfect technique and breath is important. So, it is a mental challenge as much as a physical one!
5. An alternative to squats
If you can’t perform squats for whatever reason, wall sits are a great alternative that will work the same muscle groups. If you can perform squats though, the wall sit should not be an alternative, but rather a supplementary exercise.
6. Anyone & Anywhere
Anyone of any age, fitness level and previous training knowledge can do this as well. You just need to find a wall and understand the correct technique.
7. No Equipment Required
No problem, you can just go ahead and create a routine that doesn’t require any equipment at all. Another of the awesome benefits that often get overlooked, is the fact that wall sits can be done anywhere, at any time.
