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Pin squat

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

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WorksQuadsGlutesAdductorsLower back

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Set the safety pins at your bottom position, the bar resting on them.
  2. Get under the bar and brace
  3. Stand up from a dead stop

Muscles worked

Pin squat: 3D figure mid-rep with the quads and glutes highlighted

Equipment

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