09/02/2026
Same movement, different levels: SQUAT🍑👀
Another classic workout fundamental, but where to start?
Beginner: Find a bench and a light weight. Hold the weight at your chest, sit on the bench, plant your feet dig your heels in, lean forward slightly and rise to standing, tightening your glutes as you do. Come through your squat position as you sit back down to rinse and repeat!
Intermediate: You've found your balance and gotten comfy, now let's take away the bench. Holding a medium or heavier dumbell at your chest, replicate what you did with the bench, now without it. This makes you focus on balance and gives you room to explore your full depth and range of motion!
Advanced: You're ready for the big stuff! Finding your comfortable foot stance (usually around hip width or slightly wider) get underneath a barbell and let it rest on the meatiest part of you upper back, avoiding your neck. Squeeze your shoulder blades together to hold it up, grab onto the bar with your palms facing forward, and repeat the motion you've been practicing with dumbells, now with a bigger weight!
You got this! 🍑
