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Weighted sissy squat
Upper legs · Weighted
Target muscles
Quads
Also works
GlutesHamstringsCalves
How to do it
- 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your toes pointing slightly outward.
- 2Hold a weight in front of your chest with both hands, or place a barbell across your upper back.
- 3Keeping your chest up and your core engaged, slowly lower your body down by bending at the knees and hips.
- 4Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground or as low as you can comfortably go.
- 5Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits