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By Anne Asher, About.com Guide to Back & Neck Pain since 2005

Collect Your Seat Muscles with Wall Squats

Sunday September 10, 2006

Sagging seat muscles just seem to naturally accompany sedentary activities such as spending extended time at the computer. Actually, dangling derrieres are due in part to lack of strength in the muscles of the hips and backside. To counteract this, why not take a break and try a wall squat, an exercise recommended by the American Physical Therapy Association targeting the muscles of the hips, back, abddomen and quadriceps? They're great for sitting posture!

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One word of caution, if you have knee problems, be very, very careful. This might not be the exercise for you. It is very easy to overload the knees with your body weight when doing the wall squat. Also, good knee alignment is imperative to avoid knee injury. The written instructions for the wall squat includes guidelines for knee placement.

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