Squat: Learn, Know & Love

91 days to Memorial Day

Squat Intensive

We touched on this in "Foundation X". Now we're going to break down the squat a bit more; the whys and hows.

When you get up out of bed every morning, out of any chair, off the toilet seat, out of the car, you're performing a squat. When you're walking running or climbing stairs, you're performing a one sided (unilateral) alternating squat. When you're picking the bags from market up off the floor, lifting your kids onto the counter to tie their shoes or heaving that box out of storage, you're performing a squat under load.

You already do it all day long every day, so why not become more efficient about it? Why not learn to do it better.

Additionally, when performing a squat, you're activating the largest and some of the deepest muscles in your body. These are the muscles in your legs, your gleuts and the muscles all around your torso. Think about it. That's about 2/3 your body in one movement. So for everyone trying to get into bikini season shape, this is a perfect example of how aesthetics are a consequence of fitness. If you train this movement to be stronger and more efficient, you have created the lean mass in your hips legs and "core" that you're looking for. The bonus here is that when you start from the movement point of view, it's just plain going to last longer with less effort. Train your body the way it was made to move.

The how comes next.