Weighted sissy squat

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Weighted sissy squat

Upper legs · Weighted

Target muscles

Quads

Also works

GlutesHamstringsCalves

How to do it

  1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your toes pointing slightly outward.
  2. 2Hold a weight in front of your chest with both hands, or place a barbell across your upper back.
  3. 3Keeping your chest up and your core engaged, slowly lower your body down by bending at the knees and hips.
  4. 4Continue lowering until your thighs are parallel to the ground or as low as you can comfortably go.
  5. 5Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push through your heels to return to the starting position.
  6. 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits