Quadriceps · Machine

Chair Squat (Smith Machine)

Quads exercise with a machine. Works the quads and glutes.

The same demo you get in the app. Tap any exercise there for its stats and history.

How to do it

Chair Squat (Smith Machine), step by step

  1. 01

    Set the Smith machine bar across your upper back and unhook it.

  2. 02

    Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart, slightly in front of the bar.

  3. 03

    Push your hips back and squat down as if sitting into a chair.

  4. 04

    Stop when your thighs are about parallel to the floor.

  5. 05

    Drive through your feet to stand back up and rehook the bar at the end.

Chair Squat (Smith Machine) in Trainlike

Your next weight is already set.

Log this lift and Trainlike reads your sets against your best. Close out your rep range and the next workout opens with the weight moved up.

Come up short and it eases back by the real distance your sets showed, then climbs again as soon as you do. Every verdict opens the receipt: the number you had to beat and the sets that beat it.

+5 LBSMATCH YOUR BESTEASING BACK −5 LBS

How verdicts work in the user guide.

Train it, get it graded.

Log the Chair Squat (Smith Machine) in Trainlike and every workout comes back with a grade, the evidence, and your next target.

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First three workouts free, insights included.