Zercher Squat

The Zercher Squat  is an great exercise for the legs and core. With the Zercher squat, it is easier to maintain a more upright posture, which allows for a greater squat depth (people with longer torsos may find this squat more comfortable than traditional back squat as helps maintain upright position).

How To perform

"It teaches you exactly how to squat. It teaches you to push your knees apart. Push your chest up. Push your buttocks out. The whole nine yards.”- Louis Simmons

• Set up the bar on a rack.
  
• Extend your forearms out in front of your body (bent at elbows) and place the bar on top of upper forearms.
• Step away from the rack and position your legs using a shoulder width medium stance with the toes slightly pointed out.
• Begin to lower the bar by bending the knees - maintain a straight posture with the head up.
• Continue down until the angle between the upper leg and the calves becomes slightly less than 90-degrees.
• Come back up to the starting position

Jamie Miller Personal Trainer
Aberdeen