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Also known as: Standing bent-legs good morning, Horse stance hinge.

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Technique

  1. Start in the bottom position of a Wide squat (feet wide apart and pointing outward, knees bent around 90 degrees, chest up).
  2. While keeping your back straight, bend at the hips to bring your trunk as low as possible, then slowly come back up.

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Muscles

Strength

Secondary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
Flexibility

Primary

  • Hip adductors
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

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Equipment

Ground (standing)
Ground (standing)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Hipabductionflexion
trains stretches
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Prying squat

Novice
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Squat fold

Novice
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Crouching stance

Novice
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Close squat

Novice
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Deep squat

Beginner
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