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» Maire Loughran - Squatting

Hi Shannon - I don't do enough squats and I really enjoyed your article. I have an incline bench and those bowflex dial 'em up free weights.

Looks to me like I can modify the squat by holding one free weight to the chest similar to the way the weight is held while doing a sit up?

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» ShannonClark - Squatting

In response to Squatting posted by maire_loughran:

Hi Marie,

It's great you want to include squats in your workout, the pay off from this exercise along is really tremendous.

I would actually recommend holding two of the dial 'em up free weights right on top of your shoulders if you could rather than holding it at the chest. If you hold it right in front of your chest you will alter your balance ability quite a bit whereas if they are directly on top of the shoulder (being held there by your hands) they will apply a directly downward force and make the movement much easier to complete.

Hopefully this makes sense!

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» Maire Loughran - Squatting

In response to Squatting posted by ShannonClark:

thank you shannon - it made perfect sense and was easy to implement into my routine.

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» ShannonClark - Squatting

In response to Squatting posted by maire_loughran:

That's great to hear! It really is an important exercise that shouldn't be left out.

Best of luck with your training!

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