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Barbell back squat
Bar on your upper back, feet shoulder-width. Sit down between your knees keeping your chest up, then drive out of the hole through your whole foot.
StrengthBarbellDifficulty 3 of 3
How to do it
Bar on your upper back, feet shoulder-width. Sit down between your knees keeping your chest up, then drive out of the hole through your whole foot.
Muscles worked
- quadsprimary
- glutes
- adductors
- hamstrings
- core
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No barbell? Swap it out
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How many sets should you do?
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