Barbell front squat

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Barbell front squat

Upper legs · Barbell

Target muscles

Glutes

Also works

QuadricepsHamstringsCalvesCore

How to do it

  1. 1Start by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes slightly turned out.
  2. 2Hold the barbell in front of your shoulders, resting it on your collarbone and shoulders.
  3. 3Engage your core and keep your chest up as you lower your body down into a squat position, pushing your hips back and bending your knees.
  4. 4Lower until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
  5. 5Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
  6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits