Legs · Bodyweight
Bodyweight Squat Side Shuffle
How to do the bodyweight squat side shuffle, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Squat
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Drop into a bodyweight squat with feet wider than shoulder width and stay low in an athletic stance. Holding that squat depth, shuffle sideways by stepping with the lead foot and bringing the trail foot to meet it. Keep your chest up and hips down, and shuffle both directions to work each side.
- 1Constant tension in the glutes and quads from staying low
- 2Hips back and chest up holding the squat through each step
- 3Power pushing off the trail leg to move you sideways
Common mistakes
- Do not stand up tall between steps; stay in the squat
- Avoid letting the knees cave inward as you shuffle
- Do not cross the feet over each other
Muscles worked
The bodyweight squat side shuffle mainly works the glutes, quads, and hamstrings, with the lower back, calves, and adductors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- Lower BackSupport
- CalvesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Lower AbsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.