Squats feel awkward? You may be missing this one thing...

Mastering you body weight squat requires you to regress the exercise so you can build confidence at depth as well as building core and glute strength plus improving your hip mobility.

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By starting with the Suspension squat this can help give you support whilst showing your body you are able to go lower and build strength in that position. Once these feel comfortable you can progress to the box squats and slowly add weight. This will help teach you to sit into the hips and bring yourself up right.

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One myth that often stops people is that they have to maintain an upright position which puts them into an arched position. This then makes you unbalanced an unable to go as low.

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Squat stance is also something that i come across often to. People are to narrow or to wide. The ideal place to start is to create a tripod position with your legs, when you look in the mirror your legs should be wider than your hips.

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Give the exercises a go below and let me know how you get on!

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If you do get stuck give us a quick email and Lauren can help!