Barbell Split Squat

Lowering the back knee toward the floor from a split stance with a barbell across the upper back, a loaded single leg move.

Body part

Legs

Equipment

Barbell

Category

Strength

Pattern

Lunge

Mainly works

Quadriceps and glutes

Also

Adductors and hamstrings

Cues

1. Bar on the upper back
2. Long split stance
3. Lower straight down