Weighted Squat

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Learn how to do the Weighted Squat with proper form and technique. This weighted exercise primarily targets your Glutes, with secondary emphasis on Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves.

Weighted Squat exercise demonstration showing proper form

How to Do the Weighted Squat

Follow these steps to perform the Weighted Squat with correct form:

  1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes pointing slightly outward.
  2. 2Hold a weight in front of your chest or on your shoulders.
  3. 3Engage your core and keep your chest up as you lower your hips down and back, as if sitting into a chair.
  4. 4Lower until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
  5. 5Push through your heels to stand back up, squeezing your glutes at the top.
  6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Weighted Squat Muscles Worked

Primary

glutes

Secondary

quadricepshamstringscalves

Exercise Details

Equipment
weighted
Body Part
upper legs
Category
Extended

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