Exercises / Upper legs / Dumbbell Squat
Dumbbell Squat
Dumbbell Squat: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: dumbbell. Level: beginner.
- Equipmentdumbbell
- Levelbeginner
- Forcepush
- Typecompound
- Body partupper legs
- Primary muscles
- glutes, quadriceps
- Secondary muscles
- hamstrings, calves
How to do it
- 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.