ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

[Outback Jess]

Squats
Starting Position
Begin this exercise by standing with your feet wider than shoulder width apart and your toes pointed forward.

Action
INHALE: Slowly lower your body and remember to bend slightly at your hips. Keep your weight back on your heels and your back as upright as possible. Make sure your knees don’t cross the plane of your toes.

EXHALE: Straighten legs and come up to the starting position to complete one rep.

Special Instructions
Do not go past 90 degrees at the bend in your knees because this causes additional stress on your joints. If you feel pain in your knees, just go down to where you don't feel pain and come back up. If you have difficulty performing this exercise you can also use a chair or wall to help with balance and the movement until you build sufficient strength.

Muscles Worked: Quads, Glutes
Provided by www.sparkpeople.com

[ValidRouge]

Re: ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

Oh yeah, these will work a lot of muscles in the lower body.

[Laurenfra]

Re: ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

This really hurt my knees so I went down and held. Whew now I am sweating

[jimmie 48]

Re: ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

my knees used to hurt doing these but with doing so many flights maybe i can tackle them again. today is flights and weights work so i think i'll try to add 15 or 20 of these today.

thanks jess!

[Richt]

Re: ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

Is that a smile or a grimace that the lady does when she reaches the bottom?

[jimmie 48]

Re: ADBB Exercise of the Day 10/18/06

it was a sign of pain, rich. i know cause i did 20 of these and my face looked just like hers!!

the hard part is to keep the knees from going past the toes and setting back on the heels.