Quads
Sissy Squat
Trains quads. You'll need a sissy squat bench. We use it as an accessory rather than a main lift.
What you need
- Equipment
- Sissy Squat Bench
- Trains
- Quads
- In a plan
- An accessory
How to do it
Lean back as the knees travel forward. Go only as far as you can control.
Watch the form ↗That's a search, not a fixed video — deliberately. A pinned clip can be deleted or turn out to be a bad demonstration, and you'd only find out mid-workout.
When we won't give you this
- We leave this out for anyone who's flagged their knees — it loads a deep, bent-knee position under weight.
- We introduce this once you've got a training cycle behind you.
None of this is medical advice — see the health disclaimer.
If the machine's busy
These train the same pattern, and they're what the app offers you as a swap: