Front Squat
Squat · quads · advanced
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FinishHow to do it
Bar racked on the front delts, elbows high. Sit straight down keeping the torso as upright as possible.
Muscles worked
Primary: quads · Also works: core, upper back
Equipment
Barbell, Full gym
Common mistakes
- Elbows dropping
- Heels lifting
Variations
- Cross-arm front squat
- Goblet squat
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Related exercises
- Barbell Back Squatquads
- Goblet Squatquads
- Bodyweight Squatquads
- Leg Pressquads
- Bulgarian Split Squatquads
- Walking Lungequads
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