what is crouching v. squatting
So accordingly. 1  some crouching positions are squats. 2  some crouching positions may not be squats. 3  squatting is not implicity crouching.  squatting and crouching are terms with different but overlapping definitions, the former more specific to posture, the latter to 1  motivation. squat is not a synonym for crouch.
OK the definition you have used for crouching associates it with stooping (which on Wikipedia redirects to bowing. Squatting essentially involves bending at the knees and hips. If there is any bending at the waist (and maybe lowering of the head) then that is considered stooping.
crouching involves lowering the head and shoulders. Please explain in detail how one does this as you see it, including what is happening to the knees and hips. --Penbat (talk) 20:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)