Zercher squats are a brutal squat variation that crushes the upper back and legs. By holding the barbell in the crook of your elbow, your rhomboids & traps will have to work incredibly hard, making this a great exercise to use for athletes having difficulty keeping their thoracic spine extended during front squats! This rounding over of the spine results in lots of missed lifts in athletes, as you see in the picture to the right.

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