SETUP: No bar. Stand with feet shoulder width apart, feet facing out at a 30 degree angle. Keep a good lumbar curve.

Execution

• Bend at your hips and sit back into the squat.
• Keep your knees out. Your knee joints should be pointing in the same direction as your feet all the way down.
• Keep your weight sitting on your heels. Can you wiggle your toes?
• You should always aim to squat to just below parallel, meaning your hip joint needs to come just below your knee.
• Most of the power for the squat comes from opening the hips. Drive the hips in an upward motion as you stand.