Chair Squat — Bodyweight Variation
Bodyweight version of the Chair Squat. Same target muscle (quadriceps) with a different equipment requirement.
Substitution plate
Chair Squat is a PUSH quadriceps parent; the BODYONLY swap keeps force direction first, kit second.
Parent exercise
Chair Squat
canonical record
Primary muscle
Quadriceps
trained via parent
Equipment
Bodyweight
this variation
Parent docs
909
mid third · 249 BODYONLY
Chair Squat — Bodyweight Variation opens on force profile: a PUSH parent (Chair Squat) swapped onto Bodyweight. Force direction is the first filter before muscle (quadriceps) or kit.
This BODYONLY substitute sits in the middle third of the 883-page catalogue by parent instruction mass (657–974 chars). Mid-pack parents typically document enough for a safe PUSH/COMPOUND transfer without being a full coaching essay.
BODYONLY swap on Chair Squat (PUSH · DEEP · force)
One of 249 Bodyweight substitutes on PlainExercise. Parent Chair Squat is quadriceps · machine · beginner with 909 instruction characters (DEEP, mid corpus band). Use this page when bodyweight is what you have; open the parent for the step list.
Educational catalogue only, not medical or personal-training advice.
Parent exercise · DEEP
See Chair Squat for steps and muscle targets; this BODYONLY page is the substitute frame only (909 chars of parent instruction mass).
Safety notes · BODYONLY · PUSH/COMPOUND
Bodyweight removes external load on a beginner quadriceps pattern. Keep reps honest; add pauses before chasing volume when joint control still feels new. Read the Compound vs isolation guide before programming the swap.
Read with Chair Squat — Bodyweight Variation
Nearest BODYONLY cohort peers by parent documentation depth (DEEP · PUSH/COMPOUND · FLOOR), plus parent and guide.
Bench Press with Chains — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Bench Press with Chains (triceps). Parent docs 910 chars · Δ1 vs this DEEP parent.
Smith Machine Bench Press — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Smith Machine Bench Press (chest). Parent docs 906 chars · Δ3 vs this DEEP parent.
Cable Russian Twists — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Cable Russian Twists (abdominals). Parent docs 913 chars · Δ4 vs this DEEP parent.
Reverse Triceps Bench Press — Bodyweight Variation
BODYONLY swap on Reverse Triceps Bench Press (triceps). Parent docs 913 chars · Δ4 vs this DEEP parent.
Iron Cross — Bodyweight Variation
THIN pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Iron Cross at 2 instruction chars.
Power Clean — Bodyweight Variation
DEEP pole in the BODYONLY cohort, parent Power Clean at 3264 instruction chars.
Chair Squat
Canonical parent (MACHINE · PUSH · COMPOUND). Steps and muscle map live here, this page is the BODYONLY substitute only.
Compound vs isolation
Guide drill for a BODYONLY · FLOOR · DEEP substitute, how to judge whether the force profile still transfers.