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Goblet box squat

Difficulty Squats

How to perform it

Goblet squat (kettlebell/dumbbell held at the chest) sitting back onto a box; quads and glutes plus static core work. Differs from the goblet squat by the box, which controls depth and adds a pause in the seated position.

Video demo

Equipment

  • Dumbbells / KettlebellFree weight
  • Plyo boxBodyweight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Biceps femoris
  • Erector spinae
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus intermedius (not on the surface map)
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Vastus medialis

Artwork: Ryan Graves, CC BY 4.0, modified

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