Squats work most of the muscles in the lower body, making them one of the best strengthening exercises you can do. Yet, not everyone has the time to get to the gym or do a dedicated weights session at home, so health writer Kat Storr set out to determine the benefits of doing 50 squats a day as she went about her normal life.
Sometimes it's easy to forget that we've all been squatting since we were tiny. It's an essential part of strength training for women but I remember looking in awe at my children sitting in a squat position while playing in the garden or on the floor with me. Just seeing them comfortable like that for minutes at a time made my hips and knees twinge.
