Box Squat
Legs
Barbell
Intermediate
START
END
THE CUE
Sit back to the box, pause with your shins vertical, then explode up. The box teaches you to sit back and load your posterior chain.
MUSCLES WORKED
Quadriceps, Glutes
Also: Hamstrings, Erector Spinae, Core
COACH'S NOTE
Sit back onto box, explode up
How to do it
01
Set a box or bench at a height where your thighs reach parallel when seated. Position the barbell on your upper back as in a regular squat.
The full box squat guide is in the app.
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4 more steps
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3 common mistakes and how to fix them
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Animated demo and a rest timer, set by set
Open it in Fittrexx — free
How Fittrexx programs it
compound · strength
STYLE
Full gym
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for box squat from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.
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IN THE APP
Log box squat in seconds.
Weight × reps per set, your previous set shown beside it, and a live bar that tells you whether this session beats last time.
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