How do you perform this exercise?
- Start by standing with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes slightly turned out.
- Hold the barbell in front of your chest with your hands shoulder-width apart, elbows pointing forward.
- Engage 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.
- Lower until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves, Core.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
