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rzen fce8fa4c17 Author the machine exercise circuit with props and corrected hip machine motions
Fourteen Planet Fitness machine exercises join the rig library, each with
authored motion, info page, and schematic equipment via the new props layer
(scene shapes, cables, bars, pads) rendered in lockstep by render.py and the
in-app figure renderer. Abductor and Adductor are authored face-on with the
real seated machine motion — knees-bent legs swinging apart/together against
knee pads — replacing the earlier middle-split depiction. The watch target
now bundles the figure renderer and motion rigs too.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LEoff8bXGBS83tK1c55Mf7
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# Leg Extension
Isolated quadriceps work — the knee opens against the roller while the hips
stay pinned to the seat.
- **Category:** Main circuit
- **Type:** Machine-based isolation (knee extension)
- **Targets:** Quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis/medialis)
- **Prescription:** 4 × 10
## Setup
Sit upright with your back flat against the pad and align your knees with the
machine's pivot point. Hook the roller pad against the front of your ankles,
hands resting on the side grips.
## Execution
1. Extend your legs to a straightened position — stop just short of snapping
the knees into lockout.
2. Pause briefly at the top with the quads squeezed hard.
3. Lower the roller back down with control to the start.
## Cues
- Knees stack over the pivot — realign the seat if they sit forward or back.
- Hips glued to the seat; if they lift, the weight is too heavy.
- Own the lowering — no free-falling back to the stack.
## Common Mistakes
- Jerky, momentum-driven reps instead of a smooth extension.
- Lifting the hips off the seat to swing the weight up.
- Slamming into a locked knee at the top.
## Progression
Add load in small increments once all four sets of ten are smooth; single-leg
extensions for asymmetry, or a paused top / slow eccentric for more time under
tension.