Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Pilates squat

nikkilind
nikkilind
Posts: 100
Joined: 2005/02/11
United States
2005/05/14, 11:54 AM
Why do you rarely see people do these at the gym? Is it an effective exercise? I am doing the FT exercise routine and wanted to throw in another lower-body exercise on legs day.

I want to call it a pliates squat, where you place your fee greater than shoulder-length apart, toes angled outward as far as possible Then taking two dumbells and placing them on opposite shoulders and squatting...

Thanks guys for your input!
Kade
Kade
Posts: 12
Joined: 2005/04/14
United States
2005/05/14, 03:25 PM
It is a great exercise! For me, I personally hate doing them, so maybe that's why you don't see anyone in the gym doing it! :big_smile: But I think they are effective seeing as I only did them for a short period of time! So I say "Go for it!" What's the worst it'll do?

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Kade