An excellent warm up exercise for any workout or as an exercise by itself is the wall squat. The wall squat will put you in proper position for any sating or pulling exercise because it develops hip and back flexibility. The wall squat puts your body in perfect alignment.

    Begin by standing a few inches from a wall in a good squating stance with feet a little wider than shoulder width and the toes tracking the knees. Let the arms hang down in front as you fold back at the hips and pull yourself into the squat using the hip flexors. Arch the chest up on the decent while looking straight ahead. Five reps are good. Gradually work your way to touching the wall with your toes and being able to squat low enough to pick up a kettlebell by the horns.

    If the wall squat is not part of your workouts, please give it an honest try. You will be pleased with the results and it automatically cleans up any pulling and squatting posture problems.

    Keep swinging (the bells), Steve