A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while promoting hip mobility, improving squat depth, and building balanced lower body strength with added machine support.
Exercise Details
Level
Beginner
Primary Skill
Strength
Body Area
Lower body
Required Equipment
Smith Machine
Muscles
Primary
Quadriceps
Correct Form
1. Position the Smith machine bar across your shoulders, one step forward, and take a wide stance with your feet slightly turned out. 2. Hold the bar with an underhand grip. Engage your core, lift your chest, and unlock the bar. 3. Lower into a squat by bending your knees, keeping your back straight. 4. Continue descending until your thighs are parallel to the ground. 5. Push through your heels to stand back up, extending your hips and knees fully.
Common Mistakes
Avoid locking your knees at the top of the movement; keep a slight bend to protect your joints.
Pro Tips
1. Focus on pushing your knees slightly outward as you squat. 2. Maintain a neutral spine and upright posture, don’t lean too far forward.
A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings, helping build foundational strength, improve joint stability, and enhance overall functional movement for daily activities.
A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings, helping build foundational strength, improve joint stability, and enhance overall functional movement for daily activities.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while improving balance, unilateral strength, and overall lower body stability.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while improving balance, unilateral strength, and overall lower body stability.
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A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while building foundational strength, enhancing joint stability, and supporting better performance in daily activities and other leg-focused movements.
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A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings, helping build foundational strength, improve balance and stability, and support better overall squat mechanics.
A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings, helping build foundational strength, improve balance and stability, and support better overall squat mechanics.
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A beginner-level lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while improving unilateral strength, balance, and joint stability for better overall lower body function.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that primarily targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while helping build unilateral leg strength, improve balance, and enhance joint stability.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that primarily targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while helping build unilateral leg strength, improve balance, and enhance joint stability.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while helping improve balance, unilateral leg strength, and overall lower body stability.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while helping improve balance, unilateral leg strength, and overall lower body stability.
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A beginner-level lower body movement that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while helping build unilateral leg strength, improve stability, and enhance overall balance and coordination.
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A beginner-friendly lower body move that focuses on the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while improving squat stability, encouraging better posture, and helping build foundational strength and mobility.
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A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, and hamstrings while boosting lower body power, improving stability, and enhancing overall strength and coordination.
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An intermediate core-focused exercise that primarily targets the abdominals and hip flexors while building midline stability, improving lower-body control, and enhancing overall core strength and endurance.
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A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that primarily targets the inner thighs (hip adductors), helping build strength, improve hip stability, and enhance overall lower body control and balance.
A beginner-friendly lower body exercise that primarily targets the inner thighs (hip adductors), helping build strength, improve hip stability, and enhance overall lower body control and balance.
Smith Machine
