Barbell hack squat

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Barbell hack squat

Upper legs · Barbell

Target muscles

Glutes

Also works

QuadricepsHamstringsCalves

How to do it

  1. 1Start by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart and your toes slightly turned out.
  2. 2Hold the barbell behind your legs, resting it on your upper thighs.
  3. 3Lower your body by bending at the knees and hips, keeping your back straight and your chest up.
  4. 4Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
  5. 5Pause for a moment, 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