This one simple exercise can make you better from the bottom up...

Grant held the bottom of the squat for 4:27.
In that time he watched TV, ate his grapes, and  poo'd!  

Have you ever watched a toddler play...often you will see them sitting in the bottom of the squat for what seems to you a very long time playing, eating, pottying!!

Flashback to me stretching you before a CrossFit class and you'll see that I am trying to get you in that very same position. Feet should be a little wider than shoulder width apart, knees out over the toes, chest tall with eyes looking forward.

WHY?!?

Believe it or not, it's a very natural position.  Many of us spend our days sitting at a desk in a chair, the chair is assisting your muscles to hold you up.  When sitting in the bottom of the squat, your body has to assist itself.

The bottom of the squat has so many benefits ranging from ankle, knee, hip flexibility to aiding in digestion to spinal decompression...

If you want to be a better athlete or simply better at life holding the bottom of the squat on a daily basis will do just that!

 CHALLENGE:

1. Get in the bottom of the squat and start the timer.  
2. Track your time each day holding 5-10 seconds longer.
3. Repeat for 1 week. 
4. Try to beat Grant's time of 4:27.