Bodyweight Squat
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
HOW TO PERFORM
- Stand about shoulder width with the toes turned slightly out and the arms free to reach forward for balance.
- Break at the hips and knees together and sit down between the feet, keeping the chest up.
- Go as deep as you can with the heels flat.
- Drive through mid-foot to stand tall and squeeze the glutes at the top.
FORM TIPS
- With no bar to counterbalance you, reaching the arms out in front makes it much easier to sit back without tipping forward.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Quads
Secondary
- Glutes
- Adductors
- Abs
- Lower Back
- Hamstrings
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