Exercise Guide

Dumbbell Squat

intermediate
Exercise Visual

Dumbbell Squat

Glutes Dumbbell

intermediate

Category

upper legs

Body Part

upper legs

Equipment

dumbbell

Target

glutes

Instructions

  1. 1

    Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground, or as low as you can comfortably go.

  4. 4

    Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.

  5. 5

    Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles

QuadricepsGlutesHamstringsCalves