Legs · Bodyweight
Bodyweight Wide Squat Hands Together
How to do the bodyweight wide squat hands together, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Squat
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width and toes turned slightly out, hands clasped together at chest height. Push your hips back and bend your knees to lower until your thighs are at least parallel, keeping your chest up, then drive through your heels to stand.
- 1Quads, glutes, and inner thighs loading as you sink into the wide stance
- 2Knees tracking out over your toes the whole way down
- 3A strong drive through your heels back to standing
Common mistakes
- Letting your knees cave inward
- Rounding your lower back or dropping your chest forward
- Cutting the squat short above parallel
Muscles worked
The bodyweight wide squat hands together mainly works the quads and glutes, with the hamstrings, adductors, and calves assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.