Exercises / Upper legs / Barbell Speed Squat
Barbell Speed Squat
Barbell Speed Squat: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: barbell.
- Equipmentbarbell
- Body partupper legs
- Primary muscles
- glutes, quadriceps
- Secondary muscles
- hamstrings, calves
How to do it
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes slightly turned out.
- Hold the barbell across your upper back, resting it on your traps or rear delts.
- Engage your core and keep your chest up as you lower your hips back and down, as if sitting into a chair.
- Lower until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- Drive through your heels to stand back up, squeezing your glutes at the top.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.