Getting The Best Out Of Bodyweight Squats!

Body weight squats without a doubt is everyone favourite bodyweight exercise for home training, outside classes and other boutique fitness studios. Since you use no other equipment except your body, body weight squats help to tone legs, build a booty, and to the lesser extent burn lower-body fat.
Body Weight Squats Are Not Just for Beginner Move
One would think that more advanced gym-goers, don’t need to do body weight squats and it may seem like a waste of time, especially if you're able to sidle up to the squat rack and take on 100KG. But ask any seasoned gym rat and they would that body weight squats plays a key role in their fitness and for beginners it’s the best way to get into doing squats.
Personal trainer and dietitian Malachi Cephus of Tranquillity 360 Fitness recommended people start out with body squats before advancing on to other squat variations during their training session.
"Body weight squats are not just the beginner squat; they help to ensure that your squats are correct in order to avoid injuries, "As the person advances and the body weight squats can become very but that does not mean it is not impacting on your body, in fact its tones and burners body fat a lot quicker. It is recommended that one should try regular squats and jump squat intervals because it will keep their heart rate high and in the anaerobic part of their workout.
 Bodyweight Is Good for Functional Movement
Most people who are into weightlifting will be quick to dismiss bodyweight workout and neglect the importance of functional movement for not only muscle building but overall fitness. Bodyweight squats are a functional movement with a "plethora of benefits.  Squats are an essential move for overall fitness. "Squats are one of the most intense exercises you can do. They work out the complete lower body for an intense metabolism boost, that while body weight squats are a good place to start, but there is no harm don’t if you feel to add a little weight to keep boosting your metabolism and burning fat.
 
Can Bodyweight Squats Burn Fat?
 If you're looking to lose fat in your lower body, doing 1000s of any kind of squats alone won't get you there. You need to lose weight overall to burn fat, and this is done by eating in a calorie deficit and working out. Ultimately, your genetic makeup determines where fat is lost on your body.
However, bodyweight squats can help get you there. Body weight squats can help you burn fat, tone butt, and strength core if done correctly and they can be just as effective as other squats.
 
 
Bodyweight Split Squats
Instruction:

• Set-up: Find a bench or other suitable object roughly one to two feet high, and clear a space of about 6 feet. Plant your working foot roughly several feet in front of the bench, and place the top of your stabilizing foot flat on the bench.
• Lift: Bracing through your core, descend to a point just before your knee touches the floor. Quickly reverse the motion.
• Emphasis: Brace through your core at all times. Keep a neutral spine throughout the duration of the movement. The knee of the working, forward leg should be in-line with the toe of the working foot.
• Repetitions: Perform all prescribed reps on one side, then on the other. This counts as one set.
• Assists: If stability cannot be maintained, try setting up using the wall or another object for support. Progress by using less and less support until none is used a

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