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Leg Curls:
- Lie on your stomach.
- Grip the side of the bench or the handles.
- The pad should rest slightly above your feet.
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Completing the movement:
- Lift the weight until it touches your upper hamstrings or your butt. Exhale as you do this.
- Slowly lower the weight.
- Inhale as the weight is being lowered.
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Lunges:
- Place the bar on your upper back as we did for squats.
- Your feet will be about shoulder width apart.
- Your hands should be approximately one foot wider than your shoulders.
- Keep your back straight as you perform this exercise.
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Completing the movement:
- One leg at a time step forward.
- Inhale as you slowly step forward.
- Step back and exhale on the way up.
- Alternate and repeat for the other leg.
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Straight Leg Deadlifts:
- Your feet should be shoulder width apart.
- Knees slightly bent.
- Your hands should also be shoulder width apart.
- Keep you back flat and straight.
- Do not lift the weight with your back, lift with your hamstrings.
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Completing the movement:
- Keeping your back straight, pick the bar up and exhale.
- Slowly lower the bar. Inhale as you lower the weight.
- Do not bounce the bar off the floor.
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