Squat Exercise With Resistance Bands Video

Squats are a great way to tone your leg muscles. Learn how to do squat exercises with resistance bands in this free video clip from a personal trainer.

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Sue Conrad is a personal trainer with a certification through the American Council on Exercise. She currently teaches cardio kickboxing, and she trains clients of various ages and fitness levels.

For this next clip we are going to do a squat. Take the tubing and put underneath both the insteps of your feet and remember the further apart you have your feet the more challenging it is going to be. Okay, now for this exercise we are going to offer an advanced option but for the basic option you are just going to hold the band in a nice secure position at your shoulders and we are going to sit back. Okay now make sure when you sit back in you squat it is like you are sitting in a chair. Your knees don't go forward at the toes, shoulders are back, it should just be like sitting down in a chair. A good way to check out your form of your squat is to do it by a mirror. Now our advanced option is to put your arms over your head and you are going to press your palms up. Now you don't necessarily go all the way down past 90 degrees to feel your squat. I recommend not going further than 90 degrees but some people are not quite as strong so you can't go quite as far and that is okay. You may only be able to go down to here but as long as you have your proper form that is what is important.

Squat Exercise with Resistance Bands Video

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