Technique
- Stand on one leg on a low step with the other leg straight in front, holding a weight in both hands
- Bend your standing knee and lift your heel to lower yourself partially toward the ground until the other heel lightly touches the floor.
- Return to the upright position by extending the knee
Form tips
- Push your knee forward while leaning back, keeping your torso aligned with your thighs.
- Avoid bending at the hips.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Iliacus
- Psoas major
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Regressions
Partial one-leg sissy squat
Intermediate
Variations
Partial one-leg sissy squat
Intermediate
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