Belt Squat

Start

Finish

similar: Bodyweight Squat

How to do it

Strap the load around your hips on a belt squat machine, hold the handles lightly for balance, then squat to depth with the spine completely unloaded and stand back up.

Muscles worked

Primary: quads · Also works: glutes

Equipment

Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Hauling yourself up on the handles rather than using them only to stay balanced
• Setting the belt on the waist instead of low across the hips, where the pull should sit
• Standing too far forward on the platform so the load swings rather than tracking straight down

Variations

• Single-leg belt squat
• Wide stance for more adductor and glute

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Leg Press
• Hack Squat
• Barbell Back Squat
• Goblet Squat

Related exercises

• Barbell Back Squatquads
• Goblet Squatquads
• Bodyweight Squatquads
• Leg Pressquads
• Bulgarian Split Squatquads
• Walking Lungequads