Landmine Squat
Squat · quads · beginner
Start
FinishHow to do it
Hold the end of a barbell set in a landmine at chest height with both hands, then squat down letting the bar arc toward you and stand back up tall.
Muscles worked
Primary: quads · Also works: glutes, core
Equipment
Barbell, Full gym
Common mistakes
- Pulling the bar into the chest with the arms rather than letting the legs do the work
- Standing too far from the anchor so the bar path drags you forward out of the bottom
- Leaning back at the top to finish instead of standing upright with the ribs stacked over the hips
Variations
- Single-arm landmine squat
- Landmine squat to press
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Related exercises
- Barbell Back Squatquads
- Goblet Squatquads
- Bodyweight Squatquads
- Leg Pressquads
- Bulgarian Split Squatquads
- Walking Lungequads
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