FitNessieHow to do it
- Stand with your feet about hip width and a dumbbell in each hand at your sides, palms facing in.
- Soften your knees and keep them that way.
- Push your hips back and lower the dumbbells close to your thighs and shins, back straight, to about mid-shin.
- Drive your hips forward to stand tall.
Key cues
- Knees stay slightly bent
- Dumbbells close to thighs and shins
- Hips go back, not down
- Neutral spine throughout
Common mistakes
- Bending the knees so much it becomes a squat
- Rounding the back
- Letting the dumbbells drift away from your legs
- Lowering lower than you can with a flat back
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Glutes, lower back and hamstrings
- Secondary
- Adductors, traps and forearms
Equipment
Dumbbells.
