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Front-rack barbell lunge

A compound exercise for the quads and glutes, with help from the abs, upper back. Equipment: barbell and squat rack.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Bar across the fronts of your shoulders, elbows high.
  2. Step forward and lower the back knee
  3. Push back to standing, chest up

Muscles worked

Front-rack barbell lunge: 3D figure mid-rep with the quads and glutes highlighted

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