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Dumbbell side-to-side squat

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

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WorksAdductorsGlutesQuadsHamstrings

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Very wide stance, a dumbbell held at your chest.
  2. Sit into one hip, the other leg straight with toes up
  3. Push back to the middle and switch

Muscles worked

Dumbbell side-to-side squat: 3D figure mid-rep with the adductors and glutes highlighted

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