HoldBalanced over midfoot
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Quad stretch

Standing on the right leg, the left knee bends fully and the left hand holds the ankle behind, easing the heel toward the glute. Static hold; whole-body lean is solved to stay over the standing foot. Shown on the left leg.

6°Ankle dorsiflexion
2°Knee flexion
6°Hip flexion
5°Trunk from vertical
38°Arm to trunk
15°Elbow flexion
9Ankle spacing, cm
65Hand spacing, cm
4Knee outside ankle, cm
–Knee cave, ° inside toe line
–Load left / right, %
0Pelvis drop, cm

Load and joint demand

Bodyweight exercise: the load slider has no effect here; body mass comes from your limits.

Lower back
9 / 10
Knee flexors
11 / 16
Calves
60 / 60

N·m now / peak over the rep.

Faults

Faults grow with knee bend and apply to lifts standing on the floor. The fault check flags a knee caving more than 10° inside the line of the toes and a load split beyond 60/40. Knee cave shows best in the front camera.

Body

Femur changes keep standing height fixed by shortening or lengthening the torso. Longer femurs force more forward lean in any squat.

Muscles worked

Quads
rehab
Abs and core
rehab

Effort and your quota

2/10 effort2fatigue per set

Prescription: 3 × 20 seconds. Follow it as written; it is not adjusted by your limits.

Rehab exercise: not scored and never pushed toward failure. Stop and check with your physio if it hurts.

Prime movers

Quadriceps (stretched), hip flexors (stretched).

What to look for

  • Standing, hold the ankle behind you, gentle stretch only.
  • Knees stay close together; hips stay square.
  • Hold a wall or chair for balance if needed.
How the model works, and its limits

One 3D skeleton drives both views. Segment lengths and widths are Winter's anthropometric ratios of height; segment masses and centre-of-mass positions follow Dempster's data. For free-standing lifts the whole-body angle is found numerically so the combined centre of mass of lifter and load sits over the middle of the foot. Arms and legs use two-link inverse kinematics with a pole direction. Rep timing follows a minimum-jerk profile.

Balance is quasi-static, so ballistic lifts are shown slowed down. Cable pull and pad support forces are not modelled. The spine is one rigid segment and joints have no range-of-motion limits or muscle forces.