The sumo squat is a wide stance squat that strengthens almost every muscle in your lower body. The wide leg posture you use, sets this exercise apart from the traditional squat. This difference in your stance puts more focus on your butt and inner thighs.
Although your own body weight creates enough resistance when you do squats, adding a free weight like a kettlebell increases the intensity and effectiveness of the exercise.
Adding weights to your squats will also engage the muscles of the upper body, this essentially creates a full body routine that activates more muscles and burns more fat and calories.
Instructions:
Do 8-12 reps of this exercise.
Tips:
The main variation between the sumo and the traditional squat is where the feet are placed. With regular squats, the feet are placed hip-width apart. With the sumo they are in a wider stance.
Doing either squat, pointing your toes out helps to protect the knees. Both squats do an excellent job of working the lower body muscles, as you can see by the photo's above, the sumo targets your inner thighs to a greater degree.
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