Strength · Squat · Barbell
Squat
Squat is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the quads, with help from the glutes, adductors and lower back.
How to do it
- Feet shoulder-width, toes slightly out
- Breathe in and brace before you go down
- Knees track over the toes
- Hip crease below the knee, bar over mid-foot
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 5–8 reps with 3:00 rest. When every set reaches 8 reps, the weight goes up 5 kg, or 10 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Quads
Also
- Glutes
- Adductors
- Lower back
Joints it loads
- Knee a lot
- Lower back some
- Hip some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of squat, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.