Back is one of those large muscle groups that are hard to isolate. I can’t teach you how to make complete mind muscle connection, that’s something you need to learn by trial and error. But here’s a few tips;

1. Fully extend and contract your back muscles when performing the exercise.
2. Think about extending and contracting your back muscles NOT moving the weight.
3. If you need to hold the contraction for 3 seconds each rep to feel it activate – do that.

In the meantime watch me flex and act like a monkey in lycra! Enjoy!

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Because everyone’s body is different the way you squat may vary from person to person. Here are some basic rules that you should demonstrate. Keep your core tight and tense throughout the movement, imagine as you take a breath in you are drinking cement that then sets in your core just before you lower your body into the squat. Keep tension in your legs on the way down, don’t just drop. When you are in the squat position re-activate your quads then push through them and the heels of your feet to bring you back up to the standing, starting position. Breath!

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