1.     Hold either a barbell, kettle bell or dumbbell with an overhand grip using both hands.

Remember: you can use anything you have around the house for weights!

2.     Stand up tall on 1 leg with your other leg out behind you. Put your chest out, keep your head up and pin your shoulders back. shoulders back.

3.     Keeping yourself balanced, slowly lower the weight down in front of your legs. Focus on staying balanced and controlled.  Engage your abdominals and keep those shoulders back.

4.     Go down as far as you can without losing control or disturbing your posture. Eventually, with practice you will be able to lower the weight all the way down to the ground!

5.     Stand up and pull the weight up in a strong controlled fashion, keeping the same posture and making sure you bring your hips through until you’re standing up nice and tall.

Hint: Try to keep an arch in you back by keeping your head and chest up and your shoulder blades pinned back.

Variation: If you’re having trouble balancing you can leave your other foot just resting lightly on the ground behind you or on a bench.