Gym Shorts: The Squat

How To Squat

Gym Shorts videos provide short video demonstrations of correct form for various exercises.

Follow these tips & cues:

• Grip: thumbs on top, wrists straight, hands outside shoulders
• Bar placement: across rear deltoids, not on top of traps or on neck
• Gaze: 4-6 feet forward and down
• Big breath: hold your air during the rep
• Descent: bend over, hips back, knees out
• Ascent: knees still, hips straight up
• Balance: keep on midfoot

Click HERE for a more in-depth squat tutorial and HERE to learn about the muscles worked in the press.