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Wall Squats Standing
facing a wall, place your
hands flat on the wall
in front of you. On an
inhale, begin to reach the
hips back as if you are
reaching back for a chair,
bending at the knees.
As you lower down with
your legs, allow the arms
to follow but press your
hands firmly into the
wall and reach the knees
BACK, away from the
wall. Return to standing
on an exhale.

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Wall Squats for Time
Place your whole back
on the wall and walk
your feet forward far
in front of your hips.
Begin to slide your back
down the wall until
your knees are bent, no
lower than 90 degrees.
Hold this position for
5 slow breaths (inhale
and an exhale is one
breath). To make it more
challenging, hold for
more slow breaths.
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Alternating Plank to
Lunge Put your forearms
or palms on the edge of
your chair and walk your
feet back so that you are
in an elevated push-up
position. Lift your right
foot off of the floor slightly
and begin to bring the
knee forward toward your
elbow. Curl the toes up
and continue to step the
whole foot forward to the
floor under your hand.
Take a full breath here.
Then, on your exhale, lift
the foot straight up and
step it back, returning
to your original plank
Aaron Ashley position. Repeat on the
other side.

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