Stability Ball: Side Squat With Leg Extension

Video Transcript

"Okay, this clip is going to be side squats with a leg extension. We are going to have our ball on the floor. Make sure that you have your ball far enough away to do your squats. Take your leg with your toe pointing forward, now these are kind of challenging. If you find that having the ball on the center of the floor is too much you can always push it against the wall, it still might be a challenge but this will just help you ease into this exercise a little more. What you are going to do is you are going to sit back into a squat position, watch your knees and sit back. You are going to exhale as you go down, extend the arms forward, watch the knees and try to stabilize the right leg. Just sit back into your squat. Now if this is too easy for you you can always add some weight. This is pretty challenging and you are also getting into your inner thighs and your hip abductors and challenge your body a little bit more. You can start by placing your foot on the ball with your toe pointing forward and you are going to sit back. You may need to readjust your legs once you get on there to make sure you are getting a deep enough squat. You may not be able to squat down very far but you are sure going to feel it later."