Front Barbell Squats
- Position yourself under a barbell held by a squat rack. Keeping your elbows high, place your arms up and under the bar. The bar should be resting on the front of your shoulders. Core is tight. Back is flat.
- Maintaining control, lift the bar up. Bend your knees forward and allow your hips to bend back as if sitting down. Pause when thighs are parallel with the floor.
- Return to the starting position and repeat.
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Front barbell squats is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves abs and calves and hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Foam roller outer thighs stretch, 180 / twisting jump squats and alternating curtsy lunges are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as front barbell squats. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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