The weight-bearing squat is an enhanced version of the squat. Although the squat is something we have been exposed to since childhood, if you add dumbbell weight, the difficulty of the movement becomes even higher. will increase, and the effects of exercise will also vary. So let’s take a look at where to do dumbbell squat exercises?
Quadriceps
Because in the process of doing dumbbell weight-bearing squats, our hands always need to hold the dumbbells to exercise, so in this process, it exercises our arms. Muscles are also very effective. The quadriceps are a very important part of our arm muscles. When we do dumbbell weight-bearing squats, we need our hands to repeatedly pick up and put down, so it has a stretching effect on our arm muscles. This is why Great for exercising the quadriceps.
Hamstring muscles
The hamstring muscles are a very important part of our thigh muscles. When we do squats, especially weight-bearing squats, the most important thing is to use Leg strength to complete the movement. In this process, our legs always need to do squatting movements, so the stretching effect on our thigh muscles is very obvious. Generally, for weight-bearing squats, a group of 30 is completed at a time. Pay attention to the coordination of the hands and legs to complete the movement.
Gluteal muscle group
The gluteal muscle group is also a part of the muscles that we can exercise well during squats. When doing squats, we need to straighten our backs and tighten our abdomen. In this way, when we squat, our buttocks are actually in an independent state. If we do this action for a long time, we can obviously feel that our buttocks are tightened. a lot of. This action can not only exercise our buttock muscles, but also lift the buttocks. Weight-bearing squats are very effective.
The above introduces you to where dumbbell weight-bearing squats can be exercised. Although we understand the squat movements, there are obvious differences in squats with weights added, and the exercise areas are also different. Then when we do squats, we can choose weight-bearing squats, so that the exercise effect is better.