Squats are your friend!

One of my favorite exercises for you, whether you’re trying to build muscle or lose weight (or both) HAS to be the squat. However, it’s also one of the most difficult exercises to do properly unless you actually know what you’re doing which I believe few do. 

Reasons to SQUAT! · 
Functional Exercise:
Functional exercises are those that help your body to perform real-life activities, as opposed to simply being able to operate pieces of gym equipment (example, bicep curl machine ...why?!?). Squats are one of the best functional exercises out there, as humans have been squatting since the hunter/gatherer days. When you perform squats, you build muscle and help your muscles work more efficiently, as well as promote mobility and strength.  All of these benefits translate into your body moving more efficiently in the real world too. This is one of the many reasons way I do squats everyday at HordoN Health!  
Burn Fat:
One of the most time efficient ways to burn more calories is actually to gain more muscle! For every pound of additional muscle you gain, your body will burn an additional 50-70 calories per day. So, if you gain 10 pounds of muscle, you will automatically burn 500-700 more calories per day than you did before. This all depends on which research you think is correct about calories burned per muscle. · 
Maintain Mobility and Strength:
Strong legs are crucial for staying mobile as you get older, and squats are phenomenal for increasing leg strength. They also work out your trunk, stabilizing muscles, which will help you to maintain balance, while also improving the communication between your brain and your muscle groups. · 
Prevent Injuries:
Most athletic injuries involve weak stabilizer muscles, ligaments and connective tissues, which squats help strengthen. They also help prevent injury by improving your flexibility (squats improve the range of motion in your ankles, hips, gluteus and back) · 
Boost Your Sports Performance:
Jump Higher and Run Faster Whether you're a weekend warrior or a mom who chases after a toddler, you'll be interested to know that studies have linked squatting strength with athletic ability.  Specifically, squatting helped athletes run faster and jump higher, which is why this exercise is part of virtually every professional athlete's training program.
If curious on how to perform a squat, stop by HordoN Health we’ll get you started the right way! ;-)