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Instructions

• Hold your trunk tight and keep your back straight
• Grasp the bar slightly wider than shoulder width
• Use an overhand or mixed grip
• Lift the bar by almost fully extending your knees and hips
• Pull shoulders back at the peak of the lift
• Lower the bar to the start position

Muscles involved

• Gluteus maximus
• Adductor magnus
• Rectus femoris
• Vastus lateralis
• Vastus medialis
• Vastus intermedius
• Erector spinae
• Biceps femoris
• Semitendinosus
• Semimembranosus