Sets: 2-3

Reps: 10

• Stand with a dumbbell at your chest and feet hip distance apart.

• Inhale and hinge your hips back, lengthening through the glutes, hamstrings and pelvic floor.

• Exhale as you draw in the core, press through your legs, drive the hips forward to come up to stand.

• Inhale, lengthen and repeat. Exhale, draw in and press to stand.

• You should feel this working through the glutes and hamstrings, not the lower back.

Modifications:

• Decrease amount of weight used.

• Decrease range of motion as needed.