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Overhead Water Bottle Squats

Overhead Water Bottle Squats exercise diagram

How to Do Overhead Water Bottle Squats

  1. Place a firm grip on two water bottles. Before driving the water bottles above your head, make sure that your core is tight and your chest is up.
  2. Push the water bottles straight above your head, locking out your elbows.
  3. Once you feel stabilized, slowly bend the knees and drive your hips backwards, maintaining a tight, solid core as you do so.
  4. Once your upper thighs become parallel with the ground, slowly push back up, returning to the starting position. Be sure to keep those water bottles fixed overhead throughout the entire movement.
This, like all overhead weighted movements, should be performed in a controlled environment. Be sure to check the weight before attempting.
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Overhead Water Bottle Squats Exercise Details

Muscles worked

Overhead Water Bottle Squats targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and shoulders and also works hamstrings and lower back and middle back / lats and upper back & lower traps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.

Equipment needed

This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: water bottles.

Similar exercises

Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Cossack squats, step up with knee raises and seated single / one arm overhead dumbbell tricep extensions. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.

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