Goblet Squats
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart while holding a light dumbbell to your chest. You should hold the dumbbell by one end between your hands, with the other end extending down your torso. This is the start position.
- Squat down keeping your slightly arched and pushing your hips back.
- Continue down until your thighs are parallel to the floor.
- Hold for a count of one.
- Return to the start position.
- Repeat.
This exercise can also be performed with a kettlebell.
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Goblet squats is a gym work out exercise that targets quadriceps and also involves abs and calves and glutes & hip flexors and hamstrings and shoulders. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Lunging / lunge with bicep hammer curls, trx suspension straps squats and barbell lunges are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as goblet squats. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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