Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to get moving and shape up.

My name is Brock Armstrong and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

Squats are both a compound and a functional exercise, which means they're a must for you

fit folks out there. So in today's episode, let's look at five of my favorite squat variations that can

liven up the boring old standard squat.

You've likely heard me, or other people like me, toss around the term functional movement.

In a nutshell, functional movements are just exercises that relate

to movements that we do in our daily lives, walking, lifting, bending down to pick things up,

carrying objects, you know, stuff like that. Unless you're training for something with a very

particular variety of movements, like dance or rock climbing or hockey or

swimming functional movement exercises are the most beneficial ones that you can train because

they're immediately applicable to your everyday life now performing squats or simply squatting

is one of the most important functional

movements that you can do. Movements such as walking, going up and down the stairs, sitting

down and standing up, picking things up off the floor are all aided by an increased ability

to squat. And of course, in return, those movements help to increase our squat ability.

Practicing the squat movement both strengthens the muscles in your lower limbs and improves your

mobility in the knee, the hip, and the pelvic floor. But as I said in a podcast episode called 5 plus benefits of squatting and how to prepare,

if you have been wearing shoes with any type of heel and spending much of your day sitting in a chair,

it's entirely likely that you are not currently capable of performing the squat motion in a way that doesn't create pressure in certain joints and also causes pain.

So I encourage you go back to that episode and the article that accompanies it at quick and dirty tips.com slash get fit guy and make sure you prepare yourself before you listen any further now for those

of you who are ready to continue let's talk about how not all squats are created equal the most

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