EXERCISE PROFILE
- MAIN MUSCLES: Quads
- SECONDARY MUSCLES:
- EXERCISE CATEGORY: Strength
- EXERCISE TYPE: Basic-(Multi-Joint)
- EQUIPMENT REQUIRED: Barbell
- EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Beginner Mid-level
EXERCISE INSTRUCTION
- Make sure you’re centred as you step up to the bar, both in terms of bar position and your body.
- Plant your feet around shoulder-width apart, brace your core, and place your hands on the bar just outside your shoulders.
- Keep your shoulders away from your ears and engage your traps, settling the bar on the shelf created by the tension in your upper back.
- Stand to unrack the bar.
- Once the bar is settled, step back and re-establish your feet position.
- Press your knees out as you descend into your squat, keeping your torso relatively upright so that the bar always remains in a vertical path above your midfoot.
- When you reach depth (just breaking parallel with your thighs), drive your feet into the ground and come back to standing.
- Re-brace your core and repeat.