Sissy Squat

Technique

Stand holding onto a support for balance, feet hip-width apart. Rise onto your toes and lean your torso back while bending your knees, lowering your body toward the floor in a straight line from knees to head. Keep your hips extended throughout without folding at the waist. Drive back up through your quads to return to standing.

Steps

1. Stand holding a support for balance, feet hip-width apart
2. Rise onto your toes and bend your knees, leaning your torso back
3. Lower your body toward the floor in a straight line from knees to head
4. Keep your hips extended throughout, without folding at the waist
5. Drive back up through your quads to return to standing

Common mistakes

• Bending at the hips instead of keeping a straight knees-to-head line
• Losing balance by leaning back too far too fast
• Not rising onto the toes, limiting knee travel

Variations

• Sissy squat with a bench behind the knees for support
• Weighted sissy squat holding a light plate at the chest
• Banded sissy squat using a band anchored low for counterbalance

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