Exercise library / Legs
Bodyweight squat
Legs · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Quads, Glutes.
Secondary: Hamstrings.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Knebøy (kroppsvekt)
- Swedish Knäböj (kroppsvikt)
- Danish Squat (kropsvægt)
- German Kniebeuge (Körpergewicht)
- Spanish Sentadilla (peso corporal)
- Italian Squat a corpo libero
- Portuguese Agachamento (peso do corpo)
- Russian Приседания с собственным весом
- French Squat (poids du corps)
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