Exercises
Barbell Back Squat form guide
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Barbell Back Squat

Works your quads with help from glutes, hamstrings, calves, core.

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How to do it

  1. 1Set the bar on your upper traps. Feet shoulder-width apart, toes slightly out.
  2. 2Brace your core and keep your chest up. Push your hips back and bend your knees.
  3. 3Go down until your thighs are at least parallel to the floor.
  4. 4Push through your whole foot and drive up.
  5. 5Return to standing and repeat.

Muscles worked

Front
Back
QuadsGlutesHamstringsCalvesCore

Get it right

  • Core tight the whole rep
  • Knees track over your toes
  • Neutral spine
  • Controlled descent

Avoid this

  • Knees caving in
  • Rounding your lower back
  • Lifting your heels
  • Bouncing out of the bottom