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Squat Thrusts for Women

Squat Thrusts

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms at your sides.
  2. Push your hips back, bend your knees, and lower your body as deep as you can into a squat.
  3. Kick your legs backward, so that you're now in a pushup position.
  4. Then quickly bring your legs back to the squat position. 
  5. Stand up quickly and repeat the entire movement.

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Make It Harder Do a pushup in the third step.

This move has been excerpted from The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.

This Move Works:

Calves, Quadriceps

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  • Step 1

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  • Step 2

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  • Step 3

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  • Step 4

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  • Step 5

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  • Video

Variations on this Exercise