Exercise library / Legs
Wall sit
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: Glutes.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Veggsitt
- Swedish Jägarvila
- Danish Wall sit
- German Wandsitzen
- Spanish Sentadilla isométrica en pared
- Italian Wall sit
- Portuguese Cadeirinha na parede
- Russian Стульчик у стены
- French Chaise contre le mur
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