dumbbell squat
dumbbell squat exercise guide with muscles, equipment, animation and step-by-step instructions. Target: glutes. Equipment: dumbbell.
- Target muscle
- glutes
- Muscle group
- quadriceps
- Body part
- upper legs
- Equipment
- dumbbell
Secondary muscles
quadriceps, hamstrings, calves
How to perform
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
- Keeping your chest up and core engaged, lower your body down by bending at the knees and hips, as if sitting back into a chair.
- Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.