Squat – Bodyweight

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and point your toes slightly outward.
  2. Keep your chest up, shoulders back, and core engaged.
  3. Lower your body by bending your knees and pushing your hips back as if you were sitting in a chair.
  4. Keep your weight on your heels and your knees behind your toes.
  5. Lower yourself until your thighs are parallel to the ground or as low as you can comfortably go while maintaining good form.
  6. Pause briefly at the bottom of the squat.
  7. Push through your heels to stand back up, driving your hips forward as you do.
  8. Stand up straight and repeat.

Primary Muscles

  • Glute
  • Quad
  • Thigh - Inner

Secondary Muscles

  • Calf

Results

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