Ballerina Squat

By Joanna 01/04/2017 In
Exercise Library
Lower Body
Strength
Low Impact

Difficulty:
1

Equipment Needed:
Chair

Workout Type:
lower, strength, low impact

Body Focus:

Description

Steps:
• Stand tiptoe with your feet close together and your toes slightly turned outwards. Place one hand on the chair for support.
• Start to lower your body and bend your knees outwards, keeping your feet tiptoe.
• Go as low as you can and lift yourself back up to standing, keeping your feet tiptoe at all times. Repeat.

Useful Tips:
• Keep your chest up, back flat and look ahead.
• Avoid rounding your shoulders and back.
• Squeezing the glutes at the top of the movement to engage the muscles.
• Stand tiptoe to engage the calf muscles.

You should feel your:
• Glutes, hamstrings, quads, inner thighs and calves.

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