Front Squats - Legs Exercise

http://AskTheTrainer.com/best-leg-exercises.html Personal Trainer Michael Behnken, MS, NASM-CPT-PES, CSCS Front squats are taken from the clean and jerk Olympic lift. While cleaning a heavy weight you catch the bar in a very low position and you have to front squat it back to the high hang before you can jerk it. This is why you can squat down all the way to where your butt touches your calves if you are comfortable with it. You will find that you will get an extreme burn in your quadriceps with the significant range of motion. If you do not have built anterior deltoids it will be difficult to rest the bar across your shoulders. Another problem with front squats is the wrists can be under a lot of stress if you have poor flexibility or large arms. There are ways to combat this, you can use wrists straps to hold or you can hold the bar with your arms folded like in the example. Make sure to keep your elbows high for the duration of the motion. Be prepared to have bruised shoulders from a couple sets of these. Gotta Love it http://AskTheTrainer.com

Graspr | April 15, 2008

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