Sissy Squats
Stand tall, rise onto your toes, and lean back as you bend your knees. Lower your body until you feel a stretch in your quads, then return to standing. Keep your torso straight throughout.
QUADRICEPS · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Stand tall, rise onto your toes, and lean back as you bend your knees.
- Lower your body until you feel a stretch in your quads, then return to standing.
- Keep your torso straight throughout.
- Muscles worked
- Quadriceps
- Primary muscle
- Vastus medialis
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
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Glossary and calculators
SupercompensationSupercompensation is the point where performance rises above its previous level, once the fatigue of a training block dissipates.Compound exerciseA compound exercise moves more than one joint and loads several muscles at once — the squat, the deadlift, the bench press, the row.RIR ↔ %1RM conversionWhat percentage of 1RM does your RIR correspond to?
