If you had to use a public toilet, what would you rather do? Sit or squat? Scientists have an answer to your dilemma, and it ...

Instinctively squatting over the toilet seat to avoid any contact with the surface may feel like the most sensible choice, but scientists are advising against it.

Hold a kettlebell by the horns or a single heavy dumbbell vertically in front of chest. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, ...

He cautioned against the “false choice” between sitting or doing a deep squat. “If you want to minimize sitting, just stand up,” Stults-Kolehmainen said.

A new study has found that interrupting prolonged sitting with a minute of half-squats every 20 minutes improved blood flow to the brain and, with it, cognitive functioning and concentration.

To do the yogi squat pose, sit into a deep squat with your toes pointed slightly outward. At the bottom of the squat, drive your knees outward by pressing your elbows gently against the inner ...

Box squats: Sitting back onto a box or bench. Single-leg squats: Balancing on one leg and performing a squat either to a box or full range of motion for a pistol squat.

Deep squatting is more common in cultures outside the U.S. — but is it better for our bodies? Here's what experts say.