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| Muscles worked:
| | Primary: Quadriceps
Secondary: Hamstrings, Buttocks
| | Instructions:
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- Stand before a Smith Machine, grasping the bar with palms down.
- Place the barbell behind and below your neck and evenly across your trapezius muscles and shoulders.
- Your back should be straight, your feet hip-width apart with toes pointed forward. Move your feet about 10-12 inches farther forward than the foot position for the Smith Machine squats.
- 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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