Legs · Cable
Cable Front Squat with V Bar
How to do the cable front squat with v bar, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Squat
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set a cable pulley low and clip on a V-bar handle. Hold the handle at your chest with elbows high and step back to load the cable, then squat down keeping your torso upright before driving through your heels to stand. The cable pulls forward, so brace hard to keep your chest tall.
- 1Hold the V-bar at your chest with elbows high and feel your quads and
- 2core working
- 3Keep your chest up and drive your knees out so you stay balanced over your mid-foot
- 4At the bottom, hold tension and push through your heels to stand
Common mistakes
- Do not let your elbows drop or your chest fall forward
- Do not let your knees cave inward or heels lift
- Do not let the cable pull you forward out of position
Muscles worked
The cable front squat with v bar mainly works the quads and glutes, with the hamstrings, lower back, upper abs, and calves assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- CalvesSupport
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Last reviewed June 2026.