Instructions
Preparation
- With bar upper chest height, position bar on back of shoulders
and grasp bar to sides. Place feet under bar. Disengage bar by
rotating bar back.
Execution
- Bend knees forward slightly while allowing hips to bend back
behind, keeping back straight and knees pointed same direction
as feet. Descend until thighs are just past parallel to floor.
Extend knees and hips until legs are straight. Return and repeat.
Comments
- Keep head facing forward, back straight and feet flat on
floor; equal distribution of weight through fore foot and heel.
Knees should point same direction as feet throughout movement.
See Squat Analysis.
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Classification
Muscles
Target
Synergists
Dynamic
Stabilizers
Stabilizers
Antagonist
Stabilizers
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