The squat is probably one of the most important exercises for strength, if not the most important. Which muscles does the exercise activate? Perhaps it is easier to answer which muscles it does not activate, there is almost no muscle that the squat does not activate including your jaw muscles, which are locked tighter than the jaw of a pitbull dog while you perform the exercise. It is not for nothing that the world of powerlifting considers this exercise to be of the utmost importance for developing and demonstrating strength. It takes real technique and strength to successfully lift heavy weights with this exercise.
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