What types of cues do you like when you exercise?
Have you ever had a trainer tell you to "keep your knees aligned with your toes" or to "squeeze your shoulder blades together"? These are examples of "internal cues." Internal cues refer to things inside our body that cue a certain exercise. But if your trainer says things like "push the floor away as you squat" or "picture a glass of water on your back" as you do bird-dog, those are called external cues. External cues refer to things outside the body, such as the wall, floor, or imaginary...