: Squats
Article title: How to Warm Up for and Perform Squats
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How to Warm Up for and Perform Squats
Performing squats can help your body get rid of the excess fats and stay fit at the same time. Before performing these squats, you need to spare less than five minutes for warming up. The warm-ups basically entail lightweight exercises that mimic the squats you want to do. You can use cardiovascular machines such as the stationary bike, elliptical trainer or treadmill to do the warm-ups. Be sure to engage in three sets of warm-ups exercises at least eight times.
Performing the Squats
Squatting is an ideal way for building muscles or losing weight. There are two types of squatting exercises you can undertake. These include the bodyweight squat and the barbell squat. For the bodyweight squat, you basically need to stand when both of your feet are wider than the thighs. On the other hand, the barbell squat is in three forms (the low bar back squat, the high bar back squat and the front squat). You need to use a barbell when performing these types of barbell squats.
When doing the high bar back squat, you should place the barbell higher on your shoulders. For the front squat, you should place the barbell in front of your shoulders. The low back squat requires you to put the barbell on your shoulders in a slightly lower position than the high bar back squat.
