Belt Squat
Squat on a machine with the load hung from a belt at the hips instead of resting on the back. Also called Belt Squat (Machine) and Squat (Belt).
- Pattern
- Squat
- Equipment
- Machine
- Works
- Quads, glutes
- Loads
- Hips, knees, ankles
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Hip Sissy Squat
Knee-only movement; the hip barely moves.
When it stalls, these usually help
Hip strength without loading the spine, in keeping with the belt squat.
One leg at a time evens out a stronger side, still without a bar on the back.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.