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Squat · Advanced

Overhead Squat

Compound squat exercise using barbell.
Movement pattern
Squat
Difficulty
Advanced
Equipment
Barbell
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Overhead Squat

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Knee extensionprimary action

    Vastus lateralis (prime mover, high emphasis); Vastus medialis (prime mover, high emphasis); Vastus intermedius (prime mover, high emphasis); Rectus femoris (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Hip extensionprimary action

    Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Adductor magnus (prime mover, high emphasis); Biceps femoris long head (synergist, low emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, low emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Shoulder flexionsecondary action · resisted

    Anterior deltoid (stabilizer, high emphasis); Medial deltoid (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Supraspinatus (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Triceps brachii (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Scapula upward rotationsecondary action

    Trapezius (stabilizer, high emphasis); Trapezius (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Serratus anterior (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); External oblique (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Transverse abdominis (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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