Equipment needed: Dumbbells
How to do it: Place two dumbbells at your sides, slightly forward of your feet. Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width.
Squat down and grab the dumbbells. Keep your chest held up and out, head in line with your spine or slightly raised, heels on the floor and shoulders over or slightly in front of the balls of your feet. Your eyes should be facing forward or slightly upward.
Lift the dumbbells off the floor by extending your hips and knees simultaneously to a full standing position where the dumbbells rest against the sides of your thighs with your arms extended and shoulders squeezed together. The objective is to keep the dumbbells close to your body as they move upward.
Gently lower the dumbbells towards the floor by lowering the hips and shoulders together and attempt to keep your back flat, shoulders squeezed and depressed throughout the lowering movement.
Common mistakes: Avoid increasing the curve in the low back during the upward and downward phases and not raising and lowering the hips and shoulders together.
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