Band sumo squat

A compound exercise for the adductors and glutes, with help from the quads. Equipment: resistance bands.

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WorksAdductorsGlutesQuads

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How to do it

Setup: Wide stance on a band, toes turned out, handles at your hips.
Push the knees out over the toes
Squeeze the glutes at the top

Muscles worked

Band sumo squat: 3D figure mid-rep with the adductors and glutes highlighted

Adductors · main
Glutes · main
Quads

Equipment

Resistance bands

Alternatives

Exercises that train the same main muscles. See all band sumo squat alternatives.

Dumbbell sumo squatDumbbells
Smith machine sumo squatSmith machine
Wide plié squatNo equipment
Wide-stance leg pressLeg press
Ball lateral lungeMedicine ball
Band lateral lungeResistance bands

More adductors exercises

Side plank with top leg on benchFlat bench
Side-to-side squatNo equipment
Kettlebell sumo deadliftKettlebells
Lateral lungeNo equipment
Hip adduction machineHip abduction and adduction machine
Sumo deadliftBarbell

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