Single Leg Squat

Hey, it's Ben Greenfield from BenGreenfieldFitness.com now, many of you have perfected a normal squat, meaning the exercise where your feet are hip width apart and you're simply sitting down and standing up. For those of you who find this to be an easy, and maybe not even that challenging an exercise anymore, a new exercise that you can put into your routine, this would be something you could just practice each morning is a single leg squat. Now, for a single leg squat, you want to start by stabilizing yourself against a wall if you haven't done this before. So I'll put one hand against a wall and with the other hand I'll actually. Or with the leg that I'm standing on, I'll actually just dip a little bit as I stabilize my hand against that wall. Now, the next step in the single leg squat would be take the hand that you normally use to stabilize yourself against the wall. After you've practiced a few times or during a few workouts. With the wall stabilized version, put both hands in front of your body and again practice dipping just a little bit about through quarter range of motion with your hands out in front of your body. Once you're comfortable with this, you can begin to drop just a little bit lower each time. And eventually you'll get to the point where with one leg out in front of your body, you, you can dip down as low as possible, come back up, and do a full single leg squat. It's a great way to get your legs stronger, whether you're practicing for water skiing or sports, or whether you're just trying to improve your joint stability. But try out that single leg squat. I think you'll like it.