Squat Session Signature Ritual
Quick Intro
Squat Session Signature Ritual uses the bodyweight squat, a lower body exercise that works the quads and glutes. You complete your entire planned squat block first, then perform one chosen signature ritual, a forehead touch, a kiss or a hand squeeze, at the very end, marking the close of the whole block instead of punctuating each individual set.
For the full technique behind the squat itself, see Bodyweight Squat.
What You’ll Need
No equipment.
How to Do It Together
- Choose your ritual once. Pick a forehead touch, a kiss or a hand squeeze as your couple’s signature gesture, selected at the start and reused every session.
- Complete the full squat block. Work through whichever variant fits each partner’s level, set by set, with no ritual in between.
- Close the block together. At the end of the final set, perform your chosen signature ritual.
Standard squat breathing applies during the sets, slow and settled during the ritual itself.
Why the Same Ritual Every Time Is the Point
Continuity matters more than novelty here. The ritual is the same every session on purpose. A gesture that always marks the same specific moment becomes its own small tradition over time, a recognizable marker tied to finishing a squat block together rather than a generic sign-off that could happen anywhere. It’s a value built through repetition, the same reason a specific phrase or song can come to mean something only because a couple has used it the same way for years.
Choosing the ritual once doesn’t mean it’s locked forever. Revisiting the choice is fine if it ever stops fitting, just not something to second-guess or swap out session to session the way you might vary other parts of a workout.
This fits best into a squat routine you’re already doing regularly. The ritual’s value comes from repetition across many sessions, so it has little to offer the first time you try it together. Think of it less as a single exercise to sample and more as a habit worth attaching to a routine you plan to keep doing.
If You’re at Different Fitness Levels
Each partner completes their own appropriate variant across the whole block, a standard squat for one and a chair-assisted squat for the other if that’s what fits. The ritual itself happens once, together, at the very end, regardless of how different each partner’s path through the block looked. A fitness gap changes what each of you does during the sets. It doesn’t change the shared ending.
Safety and Consent
Standard squat form cautions apply, covered in full at Bodyweight Squat. The signature gesture is a joint choice, and either of you can ask to change it whenever it stops feeling right.
Every connection moment in these exercises is something either partner can skip or scale back at any point, including this one, no explanation needed. Finish the block with no ritual at all and the squats are unaffected.
FAQ
Can we change our signature ritual later? Yes. Choosing it once at the start just means you aren’t re-deciding every session. It isn’t locked in forever either. Revisit it whenever it stops feeling right.
Isn’t doing the exact same thing every time boring? That’s the intent, not an oversight. The repetition is what turns it into a recognizable marker for finishing a squat block together. It doesn’t need to stay novel to do that.
What if we want a moment together more often than once per block? This one is specifically a once-per-block ritual. Push-Up Set Embrace shows the per-set version of this idea, using a different exercise.
Do both partners have to use the same squat variant during the block? No. Each partner uses whatever variant fits their own level throughout the block. The shared ending is what ties the session together.
Does it matter which gesture we pick as our signature? No. A forehead touch, kiss and hand squeeze all work the same way here. Pick whichever feels most like yours as a couple.
When do we choose the signature? Once, early on, and then you reuse it every session. Picking it together beforehand keeps the end of the block free of any decision, so nobody has to negotiate it while tired.
How should we breathe during the ritual? Standard squat breathing carries you through the sets, and the ritual is where it slows and settles. A calm breath or two together is enough to mark the close of the whole block.
Can we finish a squat block with no ritual at all? Yes. Bodyweight Squat on its own works fine without any ritual attached, signature or otherwise.
Built on Bodyweight Squat. Full Embrace Rest Interval is another ritual that fits any exercise, holding an embrace through the rest between sets instead of marking the end of a whole block.