Squats appear in many of the Living Room Workout Club circuits. If you feel like you need to modify the move, check out all of your options here. You can make them easier with lower impact or make them more intense. Choose your squats! ![]() Targets: Butt, inner thighs, and calves
Image via @skinnymom ![]() This exercise works all the same muscles as a regular squat. With your arms in a different position it changes your center of gravity so it will have a slightly different feel.
Image from womenshealthmag.com ![]() Strengthens: quads, butt, hamstrings, lower back 1: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and toes pointed slightly outward. 2: Lower down into the squat position. (Remember to never let your knees go beyond your toes) 3: Engage your core and jump up explosively. 4: As you land, lower your body back into the squat position to complete one rep. Land as quietly as possible, which requires control. Image from womenshealthmag.com ![]() 1. Hold a pair of dumbbells at your shoulders, standing with your feet hip-width apart. 2. Push your hips back and lower into a squat, keeping your chest upright and your knees over your toes. 3. As you push through your heels to return to standing, press the dumbbells overhead. 4. Lower the weights to return to the starting position. Image from womenshealthmag.com ![]()
Image from www.seriouspowerlifting.com Step 1:Balance on one leg and lift your opposite leg, placing it directly beside the balance leg. Step 2: Place your hand that is on the same side as your balance leg onto your hip and hold a dumbbell in your other hand. Step 3: Squat on your balance leg, bending at your hip and knee, and reach toward your balance foot with the dumbbell. Step 4: Contract your glutes, push through your heel, and stand. Step 5: Curl the dumbbell to your chest. Step 6: Press the dumbbell overhead. Step 7: Slowly and with control, return to the starting position, and repeat. ![]() Strengthens your butt thighs while engaging your core through balance exercises. Step 1: Stand with feet hip distance apart, toes pointing forward, and arms bent at sides. Step 2: Bend knees and hips into a squat, as if you were sitting in a chair (A), and hold for 3 counts. Step 3: As you rise, press right leg back and squeeze glutes (B). Hold for 1 count, then lower. Step 4: Repeat with pressing the left leg back. This completes 1 rep. Image from prevention.com |
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