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  • 30ways30days.com
    SQUAT STANCE INFLUENCES SOME MUSCLE ACTIVATION

    Source: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

    Summary:

  • Subjects experienced in weight training were tested for muscle activity during squats with narrow and wide stance and low and high loads
  • Stance width did not affect quadriceps activity
  • Wider stance did result in greater activity at medial thigh and buttocks, but stance did not result in as large an increase as higher loads

    Comment:
    Varying stance is not as important as good technique and using progressive resistance



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