Barbell hack squat

Main Muscles Affected

• Legs
• Buttocks

Exercise Difficulty

Difficult

Performing the Hack squat with a barbell:

1. Take a standing position and hold the barbell from behind your back keeping your arms straight
2. Lower your body as if you were going to sit in a chair and keep your back in its natural alignment
3. Lower your glutes towards the floor, stay a few seconds and then slowly return to the starting position.

• Push your knees over your feet
• Bend the elbows.