Sumo Squat

General And Specifics

• this exercise especially trains the adductors and the glutes without weights

Starting Position

• stand up with a bit wider than shoulder width opened legs
• turn the feet out 10-20 degrees
• slightly bend the knees
• keep your back straight and the head in extension to the spine
• push out the chest
• you can cross or stretch the arms in front of your body

Correct Execution

• bend your legs slowly and controlled until the thighs are parallel to the ground
• push out the bottom backwards, so that the knees do not protrude the tiptoes
• the knees point into the same direction like the tiptoes
• work out without momentum
• the arms do not move
• push yourself back up again through pressure on the heels, do not push the legs through fully
• go on with the next repetition immediately