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Smith chair squat
Upper legs · Smith machine
Target muscles
Quads
Also works
GlutesHamstringsCalves
How to do it
- 1Adjust the height of the smith machine bar to a comfortable position.
- 2Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes slightly turned out.
- 3Place the barbell across your upper back, resting it on your traps.
- 4Engage your core and keep your chest up as you slowly lower your body by bending your knees and hips.
- 5Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- 6Pause for a moment, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
- 7Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits