Hadi Choopan’s training montage builds to a loaded squat

SportLocation Fitness Desk · 3 Oct 2026

Dumbbell, cable and machine work set the pace before Choopan’s final, loaded Smith-machine squat.

Hadi Choopan’s training montage is built around variety. Dumbbell work, a cable-fly position, a press and machine exercises each bring a different movement into the sequence, rather than keeping the focus on one lift.

The closing image gives that variety a strong endpoint: Choopan at the bottom of a loaded Smith-machine squat. The bar and plates are clearly visible, making the squat the montage’s most imposing moment and the natural culmination of the exercises that came before it.