Legs · Bodyweight · Compound · Beginner
Bodyweight Squat
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also working
- Glutes, Hamstrings
How to do it
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. You can place your hands behind your head. This will be your starting position.
- Begin the movement by flexing your knees and hips, sitting back with your hips.
- Continue down to full depth if you are able,and quickly reverse the motion until you return to the starting position. As you squat, keep your head and chest up and push your knees 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
- Bench Sprint · Other
- Bicycling · Other
- Bicycling, Stationary · Machine
- Bodyweight Walking Lunge · Bodyweight
- Box Squat · Barbell
- Box Squat with Bands · Barbell
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