While Raspberry picking, I came across this unusual exercise, Raspberry squats.

A few hours of raspberry picking in a squat position gives you a great work out of the butt muscles, hamstrings and quadriceps.
While there is some conjecture on the placement of the knees, generally you should aim to have the knees over the big toe and butt sticking out like you are about to sit down on the toilet, remember to look straight ahead while keeping the chest out.

Main points when performing a squat:
1.Keep your feet shoulder width apart
2.Keep your shoulders back and chest out
3.Make sure that your bodies moves as a single movement, think of a spring compressing.
4.Keep your heels on the ground and your knees over your feet

Common mistakes when performing squats:
1.Heels lifting off the ground
2.Allowing the knees to turn in or out

Main muscles used:
1.Gluteus Maximus (butt Muscle)
2.Hamstrings
3.Quadriceps

Performing a squat correctly is important as it forms the foundation of a number of body movements that we perform everyday, think about trying to reach down to the ground to pick something up. It’s better to performing a squat rather than have a straight legs and bending at the lower back.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 at 8:54 am by Andrew Talati and is filed under Unusual Exercises.

Tags: Correct Exercise Technique, Exercise, Fitness training

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