Legs · Barbell · Compound · Intermediate
Barbell Hack Squat
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Calves, Forearms, Hamstrings
How to do it
- Stand up straight while holding a barbell behind you at arms length and your feet at shoulder width. Tip: A shoulder width grip is best with the palms of your hands facing back. You can use wrist wraps for this exercise for a better grip. This will be your starting position.
- While keeping your head and eyes up and back straight, squat until your upper thighs are parallel to the floor. Breathe in as you slowly go down.
- Pressing mainly with the heel of the foot and squeezing the thighs, go back up as you breathe out.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other quad exercises
- Backward Drag · Other
- Barbell Back Squat · Barbell
- Barbell Full Squat · Barbell
- Barbell Lunge · Barbell
- Barbell Side Split Squat · Barbell
- Barbell Squat · Barbell
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