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Suspension squat
Legs · Suspension trainer
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, Glutes.
Secondary: Hamstrings.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Knebøy (slynge)
- Svenska Knäböj (slingtränare)
- Dansk Squat (slynge)
- Deutsch Kniebeuge (Schlingentrainer)
- Español Sentadilla en suspensión
- Italiano Squat in sospensione
- Português Agachamento em suspensão
- Русский Приседания в петлях
- Français Squat (sangles de suspension)
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