Sumo Squat
How to do it
- Hold one dumbbell hanging between your legs in both hands.
- Stand with your feet wide, toes turned out about 45 degrees.
- Squat straight down between your feet, keeping your torso upright.
- Push the floor apart as you stand.
- The wide, turned-out stance shifts the work onto the inner thigh.
Muscles it trains
Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.
- Adductors (inner thigh) 80%
- Quads 60%
- Glutes 60%
- Hamstrings 15%
- Lower back / erectors 15%
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