squat thrust

noun

1. an exercise in which the hands are kept on the floor with the arms held straight while the legs are straightened out behind and quickly drawn in towards the body again

Example Sentences

Also known as a squat thrust, the burpee starts off as a standard squat, morphs into a frog jump, a push up and then back into a squat.

From Seattle Times

Monday’s was grueling yet simple: run around the perimeter of Meridian Hills Park, stop and do five pushups in the middle of the hill, and then do five burpees — a combination pushup and squat thrust — at the top of the hill.

From Washington Times

When Segel is tasked with using the word “Mongoose,” he says he wants to head down South to check out “mongeese,” while Fallon talks about doing a “squat thrust” in Norway to communicate with the locals.

From Time

Then it’s a walk down repressed memory lane where the camera slowly pans down a long line of women that your brain is desperately trying to forget, so instead of being able to remember your mother’s phone number during an emergency, you are instead able to recall that Jillian likes to squat thrust in short shorts and Ashley I. was the freelance journalist while Ashley S. was the onion lover.

From Time

"After you hold a yoga pose for a while, a squat thrust is recovery," Lauren explained.

From Reuters