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Pendulum Squat

Pendulum Squat is a machine legs exercise for the quads, and it also works the glutes. If you cannot do it, Hack Squat or V-Squat Machine are good swaps.

  • Quads
  • Legs
  • Machine

Muscles worked

  • Quads · main
  • Glutes

How to do it

  1. Stand on the platform with your back against the pad, shoulders under the supports, feet about shoulder width.
  2. Release the safety and keep your core braced.
  3. Bend your knees and let the platform swing you down in its arc as far as you can control.
  4. Press through your whole foot to return to the top.

Watch out: Lifting your heels or letting your hips peel off the pad at the bottom.

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