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Technique

  1. Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart besides a support or wall, which you use for balance during the exercise.
  2. Push your knees forward while leaning back, so that your torso stays aligned with your thighs.
  3. Go on your toes and keep pushing your knees forward, until they are right above the ground.
  4. Then go back to the starting position, without bending at the hips.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Legs
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Flexor hallucis brevis

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Joint movements
Kneeextension
FootToes flexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

e0go

Sissy squat

Advanced
e0gn

Half sissy squat

Novice
e0gp

Deep sissy squat

Elite
e16x

Rolling pistol squat

Intermediate
e0ac

Shrimp squat

Intermediate
w027

Lunge triplet

Intermediate
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