Duck Walk
The Duck Walk is a dynamic bodyweight mobility exercise that challenges your stability by having you walk while maintaining a deep squat position. It targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hip flexors while significantly improving ankle and hip flexibility.
Duck walks require sustained tension in a deep squat position, so Iridium reviews your per-muscle recovery status to ensure your quads and hips are not already fatigued from recent heavy lifting. Because this is a time-based exercise, the system tracks your RPE and duration relative to your body weight to ensure consistent progressive overload.
Form Cues
- Keep your chest lifted and spine tall
- Stay as low as possible with hips below knees
- Maintain weight evenly distributed through your feet
- Take small, controlled steps forward
- Engage your core to prevent leaning forward
- Don't let your hips rise up between steps
- Don't allow your knees to collapse inward
- Don't round your upper back or slouch
- Don't rush the steps or bounce excessively
- Don't lift your heels excessively high if mobility allows flatness
Common Mistakes
- Rising out of the squat
- Rounding the thoracic spine
- Knee valgus (caving inward)
- Leaning too far forward
- Taking steps that are too large
Muscles Worked
This exercise primarily torches the quadriceps and glutes by maintaining constant tension in a deep squat position without a rest phase. It also heavily recruits the hip flexors to lift the legs for each step, while the core stabilizers work overtime to keep your torso upright against gravity.
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