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| Muscles worked:
| | Primary: Quadriceps
Secondary: Hamstrings, Buttocks
| | Instructions:
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- Stand upright with a dumbbell in each hand.
- Your arms should be fully extended at your sides, your palms facing in.
- Your feet should be about hip-width apart, and your upper back upright with your lower back maintaining a natural inward curve.
- Squat down keeping your shins close to perpendicular to the floor until your thighs are approximately parallel to the floor. -You should be looking upwards, your upper torso slightly leaned forward and your lower back slightly curved inward or straight.
- Now stand up to the starting position forcing your hips in and your head up.
| | Don'ts:
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- Don't allow your back to hunch over at any time. Try to keep good posture with your upper back straight and your lower back slightly arched.
- Don't allow your knees to move farther forward than your toes.
- Don't squat down farther than your quadriceps being parallel to the floor.
- Don't bounce or jerk your body in an attempt to gain momentum.Always move in a very slow, controlled manner.
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