Technique
- Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
- Push your knees forward while keeping your torso upright.
- Go on your toes and keep pushing your knees forward, until your thighs are compressed against your calves.
- Then go back to the starting position, while keeping your torso upright.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Strength
Balance
Joint movements
Progressions
Sissy squat
Advanced
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