How to Do a Physioball Wall Squat Exercise

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness though. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility. It can also reduce your general health risks, boost the immune system, and help with depression and insomnia. Whether your reason for exercising is to lose weight, or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote the health of your body and mind.

In this free video fitness series, our expert will demonstrate how to do a variety of lower body exercises. Having a firm base to stand on is important so building the muscles in your lower body can be crucial. Let our expert give you step-by-step instructions how to do dumbbell squats, walking lunges, windmill lunges, and hip abductor exercises. You will also learn how to do center squat and a standing calf raise. If you are interested in getting in shape and building muscles, let our expert teach you this easy to do exercises for the lower body.

Video Transcript

"Alright, the first thing I want to show you on developing our leg strength is go on the Physioball and do a wall squat. All you’re going to do is grab your Physioball here and place it on the wall, lean on that with your back. Make sure that's in a good position. Make sure it's nice and stable. What you want to do is again, were talking about balance here. Total body balance, so your feet are perfectly straight. There is a slight bend in my knees to start. And what I’m going to do is take a little bit step forward, because when you’re doing squats you don't want to have your knees go past your toes. So I'm leaning on the ball with a bit of an angle. I'm going to keep my back straight, my arms in front, and I’m just going to go down here, keep my back straight and I'm gonna push right up through my heels. Have your hands at your sides. Have them across your chest. That part doesn't matter. What you want to do is go straight down and up. Pushing up through your heals, back nice and straight, abdominals nice and tight. And again my head, my neck neutral with my spine. Just going to do a couple more. This exercise is going to target your quadriceps, your hamstrings as well as areas of your gluts. And here you go. And that’s the wall squat using the Physioballl."