@airin_avery1 [1]

Fix these common squat mistakes ✅ #squats [2]

♬ Dunkin Donuts - Jady [3]

Squats are the ultimate lower-body workout [4]. Beginners can do basic ones by placing your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and bending your knees until your thighs are parallel with the floor. Later, you can advance the move [5] by holding weights or adding kicks, knee raises, or jumps in between each one. The possibilities are endless! But just because squats are popular [6] doesn't mean that doing them comes naturally. Without correct form, you could end up injuring yourself [7] instead of toning your glutes and thighs. Uh, no thanks!

NASM-certified trainer and nutrition specialist Airin Avery (@airin_avery1) [8] recently posted a TikTok addressing common squat mistakes many people make. In it, she demonstrates four wrong moves — including arching your lower back, allowing your knees to cave in or your butt to collapse at the bottom of the squat, and leaning too far forward — and small tweaks for each one.

After making a few of these changes, you should be able to feel your muscles aching, thighs shaking, and booty burning — but you won't feel your knees hurting, or your back or neck straining uncomfortably. Watch her video above and keep doing those squats [9]!