• Place a barbell at about midway up your thigh. Press your quads into the barbell. Hold a plate up to your chest.
    Push your hips back while leaving your knees mostly extended. Look for a stretch in your hamstrings.
    When you feel the stretch, push your hips forward until you're back in a standing position.
  • Stand on a platform, bar on your back, feet hip-width apart.
    Step back, lowering knee toward floor, keeping chest upright and core engaged.
    Push through front foot, return to start, keeping bar stable throughout.
  • Place a stability ball against a wall at about hip height.
    Hold two dumbbells in each hand.
    Break at the hips and knees until you hit parallel or just below, then squat back up.
  • Place a stability ball against a wall at about hip height.
    Hold a dumbbell in a goblet position.
    Break at the hips and knees until you hit parallel or just below, then squat back up.