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Barbell High-Bar Back Squat exercise illustration

Barbell High-Bar Back Squat

A back squat with the bar high on the upper back and the torso fairly upright, a common squat for the quads and glutes.

Body part
Legs
Equipment
Barbell
Category
Strength
Pattern
Squat
Mainly works
Quadriceps and glutes
Also
Adductors, hamstrings and lower back

Cues

  1. Bar high on the upper back
  2. Sit straight down
  3. Drive up through the whole foot