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SISSY SQUATS

mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/05/18, 05:01 PM In all the years I have lifeted weights, I never have done sisy squats before. They always looked to me like they didn't do anything. Holy CRAP was I wrong. I did my first set yesterday as part of my FT training. God! are my legs tired. I did 3 sets, and boy you can feel the muscle burn. I now know that Sissiy Squats are a great work out for the legs. :surprised: -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/05/18, 05:05 PM I guess, I never thought they were that great...... -------------- " The only true eye, is your minds eye"- plato
Artemis-75 Posts: 208 Joined: 2005/03/25	2005/05/18, 08:48 PM Sissy squats are NOT for sissys! :surprised: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I totally know what you mean, mattawesome. Sissy squats are a lot more effective than they look. At least they are for some of us. I find they darn-near kill me every time. And I'm SO sore for 2 or 3 days after! :cool: My FT buddy (you know who you are) was telling me that sissy squats didn't show up in his first 8-week FT program. I'm praying to the powers-that-be that he'll get lots of them in his next FT program!! :) I think everyone should have to suffer through those squats! :love:
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/05/19, 11:07 AM Yep, sissy squats can be great! For instance a superset of leg extensions and sissy squats is a killer, especially after doing some heavy power leg work first like leg presses of squats. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/05/22, 11:57 AM I am still feeling the pain in my upper legs, not as bad, but those sissy squats do some good. It's the pain you get when that muscle hasn't been worked in a while, not an injury pain. The only thing now, I have to do them again this week. -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.
nikkilind Posts: 100 Joined: 2005/02/11	2005/05/25, 06:47 PM So tell me this (humor me here) .. what to hold on to? I feel like a 'tard at the gym trying them, and am trying to figure out how I could do them at home... any suggestions? :)
Artemis-75 Posts: 208 Joined: 2005/03/25	2005/05/25, 08:29 PM I hold on to a piece of tall equipment such as the vertical crunch bench - the one at my gym has a piece of tubing at a 45 degree angle between the main beam and the arm rest beam. Perfect height for me. Anything like that will work. Possible part of a Smithe machine or a bar in a squat rack. Okay - I'm having a blond moment - you mean something to hold on to at home? Sorry! (Could have erased the first part and pretended to be smarter but everyone can have a chuckle at my silliness!) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: At home I've used my kitchen countertop and part of my book shelf. my 2-bits.
mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/05/25, 09:06 PM I use a shelf thats connected to the wall, something that won't fall or move -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.