Chair Squats
How to Do Chair Squats
- Place a chair behind you. Stand up straight with a tight core and flat back. Fold your arms in front. Your feet should be shoulder-width and toes and pointing forward.
- Slowly descend by bending your knees and driving your hips back. Keep your chest and head up.
- Touch the chair with your butt then slowly rise back to the starting position.
Related Glutes & Hip Flexors And Quadriceps Exercises
Chair Squats Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Chair Squats targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also works abs and calves and hamstrings. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is an at-home exercise. Equipment required: no equipment.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Weighted cossack squats, reverse dumbbell lunges and foam roller glutes / butt stretch. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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