- Position your feet wider than shoulder-width apart with toes pointed outwards. Raise your arms on the front for counterbalance.
- Slowly begin to inhale and squat down until your thighs are parallel to the floor while keeping your torso upright.
- Hold, then slowly begin to exhale, and press the body back up to the starting position by using your heels.
To make this exercise harder grasp a single dumbbell with the arms straight and between the legs.
Lower yourself down until thighs are parallel to the floor and then drive back up to the starting position. Remember to inhale as you go down and exhale as you go up.