Sumo Squat

About the movement

A wide-stance squat that shifts the emphasis to your glutes and inner thighs. The sumo squat is beginner friendly and easy on the knees.

How to do it

1. 1

   Stand with your feet wider than shoulder width and toes pointed out about 45 degrees.

2. 2

   Hold a dumbbell at chest height or let it hang between your legs.

3. 3

   Sit down between your hips, keeping your knees tracking over your toes.

4. 4

   Drive through your whole foot back to standing, squeezing your glutes at the top.

Form tips

• •Keep your chest up and your knees pushed out the whole way down.
• •Sit low enough that your thighs reach at least parallel.
• •Narrower stance targets quads, wider targets glutes and inner thighs.