squats

3 types of squats

Squat exercises are one of the best things you can do to tone your butt, hips and thighs. These are often the areas that women are most concerned with. By incorporating squats into your exercise routine, you can effectively work out most of the muscles in these problem areas.

There are many different ways to do squats, each with its own benefits to the body.

1)Ball squat:

Ball squats are a relatively simple exercise that can performed by people of all ages and fitness levels with little difficulty. The ball squat can greatly improve your strength. Some of the muscles strengthened by this exercise include the quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes. Strengthening these muscle groups will not only help to tone your lower body, but will also provide greater ease when climbing hills or walking up stairs.

2)chair squat :

This is a perfect move for beginners, and we're betting you're sitting on the only equipment you need as you read this. Hint: If you have a chair (and your glutes), you're good to go. 

How to do it: Begin standing with your back to a chair, feet hip-width apart. While keeping your weight centered on your heels, draw in your abs and hinge forward at the hips slowly lowering your butt toward the chair. Pause right before you would sit down and return to standing while keeping the core engaged.

3)Assisted squat:

Squat down by bending knee forward and hip back behind. Keep back straight and supporting knee pointed same direction as foot supporting. Descend until thigh is just past parallel to floor. Return to standing postion with minimal assistance from wrapped leg. Stand to original position until knee and hip of supporting leg is straight. Return and repeat. Continue with opposite leg.