Hands up if your workout routine can get stale and, well, boring sometimes? Yep, me too – and I don’t cope well with boredom. So recently, as my motivation to work up a sweat began to wane, I knew it was time to mix things up a bit. And what better way to challenge myself than with a move it’s fair to say I have a love/hate relationship with: the bodyweight squat.
Why would I set myself a challenge to squat every day for a week, you may ask? While it's a fairly straightforward move, the humble squat has a lot going for it, fitness-wise. Mastering a squat is a staple of a solid weight training regime – you’ll find that most strength workouts feature at least one kind of squat. One of the so-called "big five" compound exercises, squats are fundamental to building stronger quads, glutes and hamstrings, not to mention core. And did we mention balance and flexibility?
