Quadriceps · Machine

Pendulum Squat (Machine)

Quads exercise with a machine. Works the quads and glutes.

The same demo you get in the app. Tap any exercise there for its stats and history.

How to do it

Pendulum Squat (Machine), step by step

  1. 01

    Load the machine and step under the shoulder pads with your feet on the platform.

  2. 02

    Stand to release the safeties and set your feet about shoulder-width.

  3. 03

    Squat along the machine's arc until your thighs reach at least parallel.

  4. 04

    Drive through your whole foot back to the start.

  5. 05

    Stop just short of locking your knees at the top.

Pendulum Squat (Machine) in Trainlike

Your next weight is already set.

Log this lift and Trainlike reads your sets against your best. Close out your rep range and the next workout opens with the weight moved up.

Come up short and it eases back by the real distance your sets showed, then climbs again as soon as you do. Every verdict opens the receipt: the number you had to beat and the sets that beat it.

+5 LBSMATCH YOUR BESTEASING BACK −5 LBS

How verdicts work in the user guide.

Train it, get it graded.

Log the Pendulum Squat (Machine) in Trainlike and every workout comes back with a grade, the evidence, and your next target.

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First three workouts free, insights included.