Weighted Squat
An exercise for the Upper Legs - correct movement demonstrated with detailed steps.
● Step by step
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing slightly outward.
- Hold a weight in front of your chest or on your shoulders.
- Engage your core and keep your chest up as you lower your hips down and back, as if sitting into a chair.
- Lower until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- Push through your heels to stand back up, squeezing your glutes at the top.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
● Muscles worked
Glutes (primary)QuadricepsHamstringsCalves
