Exercise library / Legs
Sissy squat
Legs · Bodyweight
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps6 to 15
RIR1 to 2
Load is fixed, so progress by adding reps first, then by slowing the lowering phase, then by adding weight.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Quads.
Secondary: Abs.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Sissy squat
- Swedish Sissy squat
- Danish Sissy squat
- German Sissy Squat
- Spanish Sentadilla sissy
- Italian Sissy squat
- Portuguese Agachamento sissy
- Russian Сисси приседания
- French Sissy squat
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