FitNessieHow to do it
- Set the bar on your front delts and collarbones against your throat, with a grip slightly wider than your shoulders and elbows high.
- Unrack and stand with your feet about shoulder width, toes turned out slightly.
- Sit straight down, keeping your elbows high and torso upright.
- Squat as deep as you can with good form.
- Drive through your whole foot to stand tall.
Key cues
- Bar on your collarbones, elbows high
- Knees out and forward over your toes
- Sit down, not back
- Drive through the full foot
Common mistakes
- Letting your elbows drop and the bar roll forward
- Torso folding forward at the bottom
- Knees caving in
- Cutting depth short when the ankles or wrists feel tight
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Quads, glutes, adductors and lower back
- Secondary
- Calves
Equipment
Barbell and squat rack.
