Not a Squat *
is about doing a plié which is nothing like a squat.
Before beginning, engage your transverse abdominis (see BellyUp video) and hold your glutes together in the back.
Keep your body weight a bit forward on both of your feet, being careful not to sink back on your heels. Keep your legs and feet parallel to each other, with your feet a tiny bit apart from each other.
Check yourself in the mirror, or have someone watch you do the exercise.
Tip
Between reps, drop the arms. That is, let the arms fall freely, and as fast as they want to. Do not guide them down, or slow their fall. Let them wind up in the position they want to be in.
Caution
Be sure to keep your legs and feet parallel. Keep checking that your feet don't turn out without your noticing them doing it.
I recommend that you study this in the mirror, and practice doing it with your eyes first open, and then closed, until you feel the parallel position.
A t first when we practice certain movements, we have to apply extreme deliberation to the process.
But after a while, muscle memory kicks in, and you will be able to do this without over-thinking.
