Engage your core, hinge at the hips as you lower the bar, keeping your spine neutral . then drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 10-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
Advanced: 35-66+lb plates on each side of the barbell
*Modification: use dumbbells instead
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BARBELL BACK SQUAT (4x12)
Engage your core, sit back into a chair, push through your heels to stand back up!
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: Try just the bar first or dumbbells
Intermediate: 15-35lb plates on each side of the barbell
Advanced: 45-60+lb plates on each side of the barbell*Modification: use dumbbells...
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LATERAL LUNGE (4x10)
Hold a dumbbell with both hands. Step one leg out to the side, bending that knee while keeping the other leg straight, and sit back into the lunge. Keep your chest lifted and core engaged as you lower, then push off the bent leg to return to standing. Alternate sides
Weight Recommendations
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HAMSTRING CURL (4x12)
There are a few different machines in the gym for this- you can do them seated like me, or lying! If seated, place your ankles on top of the padded bar. Engage your core, and use your hamstrings to press down on the bar & think about curling it down underneath you. Use the resistance of the weigh...
