Body Weight Squats
Compound exercise · quad dominant
How to do it
- Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart and lightly brace your core.
- Push your hips back and down and squat as deep as you can while staying in a clean position.
- Press yourself back up through the whole foot.
Muscles involved
- quadriceps
- 100
- glutes
- 50
- hamstrings
- 30
- hip abductors
- 10
- hip flexors
- 10
- abdominals
- 5
- shoulders
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- quad dominant
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Variations
- body weight, added weight
Follow along in the app
This exercise is in both apps. Pick whichever suits you.
Trainer
Guided strength training with a 3D coach, set by set.
Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.