How to Perform a Squat

The squat movement is a huge part of your daily life: standing from a chair, getting something out of the bottom cabinet in your kitchen, or just playing with your kids. The perfect squat is a functional exercise that engages multiple muscle chains in one move. Basically, it's your full-body “bread and butter.”

Have you ever been in the gym and watched someone use a machine and wonder, “What is the purpose of that