Kneeling Squat

GlutesBarbellIntermediateCompound
Kneeling Squat — start position
Start
Kneeling Squat — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryGlutes
SecondaryAbs, Hamstrings, Lower back

How to do it

  1. 01

    Set the bar to the proper height in a power rack. Kneel behind the bar; it may be beneficial to put a mat down to pad your knees. Slide under the bar, racking it across the back of your shoulders. Your shoulder blades should be retracted and the bar tight across your back. Unrack the weight.

  2. 02

    With your head looking forward, sit back with your butt until you touch your calves.

  3. 03

    Reverse the motion, returning the torso to an upright position.

In the app

Kneeling Squat appears when you own a barbell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a barbell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With barbell

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