5 Benefits of Front Squat

What is front squat?

The front squat is a lower body exercise that will strengthen your legs and hips, particularly your quads and glutes.

How to do barbell front squat

1. Lower your body into a squat. In the lowest position, your hamstrings will almost touch the back of your calves.
2. Keep your elbows at bar height and your chest straight to prevent the bar from rolling forward
3. Reverse squat in a slow, controlled manner, extending your hips and knees at the same time.
4. Continue lifting until the body return to the starting position.
5. Repeat multiple sets better efficiency

5 Benefits of front squat

Here are the benefits of front squat, let’s rock with the squat!

• Enhance athletic performance
• Burn calories and fat
• Improve core strength
• Improve posture
• Improve mobility, speed and endurance

Enhance athletic performance

Squats can help you develop explosive power and speed, which will help improve your athletic performance. Research shows that squat training can improve performance in multiple sports at the same time.

Burn calories and fat

Squats can burn tons of calories! One movement can work the entire lower body. When your muscles are stimulated, you burn calories. When you increase the intensity of stimulation, you burn more calories.

Improve core strength

The stabilizing muscles of the abdominal region and lower back become stronger when you perform squat! As when you squat, you are using your core to stabilize the strength of the bar, so your core strength is improved.

Improve posture

Incorporating squats into your overall exercise routine also helps strengthen your tendons, ligaments, and bones, which may help reduce your risk of injury.

Improve mobility, speed and endurance

Squat is a good exercise to improve mobility, speed and endurance. When you perform squat, it strengthens connective tissues and can safeguard your knees, ankles and back!

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