Legs · Bodyweight
Reach Front Reach Top Sumo Squat
How to do the reach front reach top sumo squat, 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 in a wide sumo stance with your toes turned out. Lower into a deep sumo squat, then as you stand reach both arms straight out in front of you, and on the next rep reach both arms straight overhead. Keep alternating the front reach and the overhead reach with each squat, staying tall through your chest.
- 1Feel your inner thighs and glutes stretch and work in the wide stance
- 2Drive through your heels to stand from each squat
- 3Keep your chest tall and core braced as you reach
Common mistakes
- Don't let your knees collapse inward; push them out over your toes
- Avoid rounding your back as you reach
- Don't let your heels lift off the floor
Muscles worked
The reach front reach top sumo squat mainly works the quads, glutes, and adductors, with the hamstrings, lower back, calves, and front delts assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- AdductorsPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the reach front reach top sumo squat for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More quads exercises
- How to do the resistance band squat
- How to do the resistance band squat to press
- How to do the resistance band thruster
- How to do the resistance band squat walk
- How to do the barbell squat
- How to do the barbell bulgarian split squat
Last reviewed June 2026.