Start by engaging your core, with the barbell on your upper back, slowly step back into a reverse lunge, making sure not to slam your knee on the floor, press through the heel of your front foot to stand back to starting position. You can do all on one leg first, or do them alternating.

Weight R...

Use a barbell. Support upper back on a bench/ thrust machine, press through your heels to drive your glutes up to a tabletop position, then slowly return back down.

Weight Recommendations:

Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells

Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
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Find a weight that challenges you, but allows you to keep proper form. Engage your core, slowly drop into a squat, keeping your core engaged & push through your heels. Make sure not to fully lock out your legs.

Beginner: Dumbbell squats or bodyweight-10lbs plates on the machine

Intermediate: 25...

Start with your hips pressed on the pads & with weights hanging in front of you or held to your chest. Internally rotate your shoulders to hunch/round your upper back. As you lower, you should feel a stretch in the hamstrings, and as you come back up, think about squeezing your glutes to lift you...

Step ups:
Hold dumbbells in your hands, step one foot on the box or bench and press through your heel to step up, slowly step back down and repeat - you can do all on one side or switch back and forth between legs.

Weight Recommendations:

Beginner: Bodyweight-7 lbs
Intermediate: 10-25lbs
Advanc...

Start on all fours with a dumbbell placed behind your knee. Keep your hips squared to the floor as you lift the weight up & to the side. Do all on one side, then switch.

Weight Recommendations:

Beginner: Do these bodyweight or with a band
Intermediate: 8-12lbs
Advanced: 20-35+ lbs

*Modificatio...