Front Squats with Barbell

Front Squats with Barbell is a fairly popular exercise, and you may have already seen weight lifters performing it on TV or in an actual competition, or even at the gym. It’s usually done as part of a lower body workout, due to the fact that it targets the Quadriceps. But it can also be included in a core toning and stomach fat workout, due to the fact that the rectus abdominis and the oblique muscles are engaged as antagonist stabilizers, which builds strength and tone in the core too. But when it comes to getting rid of stomach fat, it’s often teamed up with other kinds of exercises, like hanging leg raises, which are performed on the Captain’s Chair, or even Cable Crunches.

In general, Front Squats with Barbell are very similar to basic squats, but you’re adding in weighted resistance to boost strength based gains. That said, whenever you’re exercising, alignment is important in terms of getting results and also in terms of keeping your structural health on track and reducing injuries too. This is especially true when doing weight baring exercises like this one.

The Front Squat is performed with the barbell on the front of your shoulders rather than the upper back. Doing these squats has lots of benefits, including the fact that its more lower back friendly than other kinds of squats, and it builds lots of muscle, increases strength, and is a good alternative if you “lose the bar” while doing regular squats, because it teaches proper positioning.

So, are you wondering how to do Front Squats with Barbell? The barbell is placed on a rack that’s chest high, in front of your shoulders. You then cross your arms, placing your hands on the top of the barbell so that your upper arms are in alignment with the floor. Next you “dismount the bar,” meaning that it comes up off the rack. But you’re not done. Next you bend your knees in a forward position, at the same time your hips begin to bend back behind you, while you are also keeping your back straight and your knees are in alignment with your feet. Then begin squatting just past being parallel with the floor. At this point you then lengthen your knees and hips until your standing straight, then you repeat the move until your set is done. Clearly, the Front Squats with Barbell are done to work the lower body, but they have secondary abilities, including strengthening and toning the traps, the abs, gluteus maximus, adductor magnus, and soleus.