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Squat with Plate Movers

How to do the Squat with Plate Movers with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings

Equipment

Barbell

Step by step

How to do the Squat with Plate Movers

  1. 1

    To begin, first set the bar on a rack to just below shoulder level. Position a weight plate on the ground a couple feet back from the rack. Once the bar is loaded, step under it and place the back of your shoulders across it.

  2. 2

    Hold on to the bar with both hands and lift it off the rack by first pushing with your legs and at the same time straighten your torso.

  3. 3

    Step away from the rack and adopt a wide stance with the toes slightly pointed out, with one foot on the weight plate. Keep your head up at all times. This will be your starting position.

  4. 4

    Begin to slowly lower the bar by bending the knees and hips. Continue down until the angle between the upper leg and the calves becomes slightly less than 90-degrees.

  5. 5

    Raise the bar as you exhale by pushing the floor with the heels of your feet as you extend the hips and knees.

  6. 6

    At the top of the movement, side step, bringing your feet together on the opposite side of the plate.

  7. 7

    Using your inside foot, push the weight plate, sliding it across the floor to where you were just standing.

  8. 8

    Place your inside foot on the weight plate, adopting a wide stance for the next repetition.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Squat with Plate Movers set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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