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Smith machine rear-foot-elevated split squat

A compound exercise for the quads and glutes, with help from the adductors, hamstrings. Equipment: smith machine and flat bench.

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WorksQuadsGlutesAdductorsHamstrings

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Bar on the upper back, back foot on a bench behind you.
  2. Drop straight down on the front leg
  3. Drive up through the front heel

Muscles worked

Smith machine rear-foot-elevated split squat: 3D figure mid-rep with the quads and glutes highlighted

Equipment

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