Barbell curtsy lunge
A compound exercise for the glutes and adductors, with help from the quads. Equipment: barbell and squat rack.
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How to do it
- Setup: Bar on your upper back, feet hip width.
- Step back and across behind the front leg
- Lower with control and drive back up
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