Sissy Squat Exercises

Video Transcript

"I'm going to demonstrate how to do a sissy squat without using anything but if you do need to use something, grab onto a chair, a table or a stable object that's about at hip height. We're going to take our hands, right out in front of you to stabilize, one leg's going to lift. You're goal of the sissy squat is the single leg squat. Shoulders down the spine, you're going to sink down, into your hip. Think about hovering, you're in a public restroom and you don't want to sit down on that toilet, push back into those hips, stand it up. Hover and push. We're trying to push into the heel and gauge your glute, so really try to focus on pushing back and coming up. It's a really good workout for those glutes. If you need extra support, drop that back foot, drop down and come up. Your goal though, is to make sure that your knee doesn't go forward, you are going back into that hip. Try to load up that glute and come straight up. You want to do reps to fatigue, eight to twelve reps isn't going to cut it on this one, so just go to fatigue, each person's fatigue point is different. Repeat the exact same number on your opposite legs and that'll help work those glutes and lift them up. That's how we do our sissy squats."