Bosu Ball Squat Tips

Video Transcript

"Squats can be challenging enough, very dynamic, closed chain movement on the floor. If you've got your form down pat on the floor, a way we can provide a next progression or a balanced challenge is to take the Bosu. If you've already done a few step ups, gotten use to that cushion of air going out from underneath you and you having to stabilize everything in the center, then you can stand on top. Again, the same concept applies as if you were on that floor, but you're going to want to control any shaking, any movement. That's the first firing pattern you?re going to want to feel, you're going to start shaking like a Chihuahua when you're on top of here. Make sure you have your balance and then, boom, sit in the chair. The closer I have my hands to the mid-line of the body, or in towards the body, the easier it's going to be to control and maintain my balance. So, boom, practice that lunge, or that squat first. The double lunge, lunge is sister to the squat. We'll start here with both feet, right underneath the hips, back in that chair and up. Now if I turn to the side you can see how here, how boom, these stay behind the toes, stacked on the ankles, and up. I've got to control that movement all the way down and all the way up. Same concept, weight in the heel, push back, as up. And, if I want to make it a little more challenged, I can bring my hands out here, and up. I can follow them up, hold them up and down. There's always the progress, but make sure you've got the basic squat from the floor to the Bosu down pat first."