Single Leg Pressing Exercises

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

• You will be making a clock type pattern

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

• Twist to the side at the bottom of the lunge keeping your core tight and your back straight. this should be a slow and controlled movement

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your front foot directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as stop your forward momentum. Its ok to let your back heel come up as you lower yourself

• lower yourself with the front foot till your knee is as close the floor as you can

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step forward landing on the mid foot.

• keep your front foot flat as step up.

• keep your knee in line with your toe

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• try and keep your body vertical throughout the movement

• If you have to change the movement to get lower such as pull your knees in or round your back and lean forward , stop just before these changes occur. As you get stronger and more flexible you will able to get lower with time and practice.

Helpful Tips:

• Standing up tall with your feet directly under your hips

• toes should be pointing forward

• shoulders should be retracted down and back, big chest

• tighten up your core and keep a straight neutral spine through out the movement.

• step up on the stair landing on the mid foot.

• keep your knee in line with your toe as you step up

• Do NOT let your knee go beyond your toes.

• Try to use the foot that strikes the stair as the primary source of force driving you up on the step

• Resist the urge to push off on the ground with the supporting leg

• Follow with the supporting leg stabilizing yourself on the stair before lowering yourself with the same foot to the ground

• You may switch lead legs or stick with the same lead leg for all repetitions and then repeat with your other leg. Both alternating and switching half way work.