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🦍 How to do Back Squat (Barbell)

Works: Legs, Glutes, Core · Starting weight: about 95 lbs

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Step by step

  1. Set the bar on your upper back in a rack. Step back, feet shoulder-width.
  2. Brace your core and sit down between your heels until thighs are parallel.
  3. Drive up, keeping your chest tall.

💡 Tip: Always set the safety bars in the rack.

At home: other ways to do it

Squat (Smith machine)

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