Barbell Hack Squat
- Main muscles
- Quads
- Also works
- Calves, Forearms, Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Level
- Intermediate
- Type
- Compound · Push
How to do it
- Stand up straight while holding a barbell behind you at arms length and your feet at shoulder width. Tip: A shoulder width grip is best with the palms of your hands facing back. You can use wrist wraps for this exercise for a better grip. This will be your starting position.
- While keeping your head and eyes up and back straight, squat until your upper thighs are parallel to the floor. Breathe in as you slowly go down.
- Pressing mainly with the heel of the foot and squeezing the thighs, go back up as you breathe out.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Barbell Hack Squat work?
- Mainly the quads, with help from the calves, forearms, hamstrings.
- What equipment do I need?
- Barbell.
- Is it good for beginners?
- It is rated intermediate level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More quads exercises
- Barbell Full Squat
- Barbell Lunge
- Barbell Side Split Squat
- Barbell Squat
- Barbell Squat To A Bench
- Barbell Step Ups
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.