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- 01Set a safety squat bar on your shoulders and place your hands lightly on fixed rack handles or a secured bar in front.
- 02Take your squat stance, brace the trunk, and keep the chest tall beneath the bar.
- 03Descend by bending the hips and knees while maintaining full-foot pressure and using the hands only for balance.
- 04Reach the programmed depth with the knees tracking over the toes and the upper back firmly supported by the bar.
- 05Drive through the feet to stand, adding only the minimum arm assistance needed before reracking safely.
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