How to Do a Bodyweight Squat Correctly (and Avoid These Mistakes)

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How to Do a Bodyweight Squat Correctly (and Avoid These Mistakes)

There are some movements so foundational to your life that you might not think much of how you do them. Taking a walk, bending down to pick up something up off the ground, or stepping up onto a flight of stairs—all of these activities likely became rote to you a long time ago. Once you put these types of movements in the service of a workout, the way you approach things tend to get a little more complicated. Take the bodyweight squat, for exampl…