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  2. These Strength Workouts Build Your Power Muscles for ... - AOL

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    The isometric nature of the workout trains your core to hold static positions for longer, which can help you maintain good technique and posture when climbing. How to use this list: Perform the 2 ...

  3. What Muscles Are Used in Jumping Jacks? Trainers Break ... - AOL

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    The quads are one of the major muscles used in jumping jacks. ... the quads with jumping jacks include walking and climbing stairs. They can also help you meet your running and squatting goals. ...

  4. Squat (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.

  5. Gluteal muscles - Wikipedia

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    The gluteus maximus arises from the posterior gluteal line of the inner upper ilium, and the rough portion of bone including the crest, immediately above and behind it; from the posterior surface of the lower part of the sacrum and the side of the coccyx; from the aponeurosis of the erector spinae (lumbodorsal fascia), the sacrotuberous ligament, and the fascia covering the gluteus medius.

  6. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    The freeweight squat is one of the three powerlifting competition exercises, along with the deadlift and the bench press. [2] Equipment Squats can be performed using only the practitioner's body weight. For weighted squats, a barbell is typically used, although the practitioner may instead hold dumbbells, kettlebells, or other

  7. Use This Step-By-Step Progression to Master the Pistol Squat

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    Air Squat. 3 sets of 10 reps. Second Progression. Close Feet Squat. 3 sets of 10 reps. Third Progression. Eccentric Single-Leg Squat (on bench) 5 controlled reps per leg. Fourth Progression ...

  8. Calisthenics - Wikipedia

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    They then return to a standing position whilst moving their arms back to their sides. Squats train the quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, gluteal muscles, and core. The height of the squat can be adjusted to be deeper or shallower depending on the fitness level of the individual (i.e. half or quarter squats rather than full squats).

  9. 'I'm 85 and In the Best Shape of My Lifeā€”This Is the Exact ...

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    She says that this includes climbing up in an airplane with full equipment two or three times a day. And of course, jumping out of a plane certainly puts those muscles to work! Walking and hiking