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Wide squats

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Wide squats

Intermediate10 repsNo jumping

Muscles worked

GlutesInner thighsQuadsHamstrings

You need

No equipment

How to do it

  1. Stand with your feet well beyond shoulder-width, toes turned out and hands on your hips.
  2. Bend your knees and sink your hips straight down between your heels, keeping your torso tall, until your thighs approach parallel, then drive through your heels to stand back up.
  3. The wide stance changes the conversation - your inner thighs and glutes take a bigger share of the work, and your torso gets to stay proudly upright while they do it.

Exercise from Darebee, used under licence.