Powerbag / Sandbag Squats
- Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart and hold the powerbag/sandbag on your shoulders in a fireman’s-carry style
- Bend your legs and lower your body towards the ground. Be sure not to let your knees pass over your toe line.
- Keep your back nice and straight, and your chin up as you lower your body down to a full squat.
- Drive upwards through your feet using your glutes to the starting position.
Do not lock your knees at the top of the extension!
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Powerbag / sandbag squats is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves calves and hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Two-arm kettlebell squat swings, cardio – recumbent bike and dumbbell squat thrusters / squat to overhead press are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as powerbag / sandbag squats. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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