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Front Squat
Demonstration
3D animation · looped · Vital Animations
Exercise Details
- Equipment
- Barbell + rack (front rack)
- Sets & Reps
- 3-4 sets × 5-8 reps · rest 2-3 min
- How to do it
- Bar racked on the clavicles and front delts; elbow tips high to secure the bar; squat more upright than a back squat to thigh-parallel; brace and drive as one unit.
- Common mistakes
- Elbows dropping (bar slides forward), heels lifting, excessive forward lean
Muscles Worked
Other Exercises for the Same Muscle
Barbell Back Squat · Leg Press · Leg Extension (Standard) · Hack Squat
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