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. Seated chair leg extensions, single / one arm overhead dumbbell squats and hex / trap bar / cage deadlifts / squats 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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