Do you include sissy squats in your routine?

[Wiggs]

I'm a big Vince Gironda guy. He was a genius but an asshole.
Anyway, the sissy squats is what I've added because at almost 45, I'm keeping as much stress off joints and ligaments but maximizing through isometrics, negatives, superset, giant sets etc...

Anyway, the sissy squat is just a filthy exercise for your quads. You will experience growth if done correctly and consistently. This is my favorite quad exercise.

[SweetDaddySiki]

I've done the standard sissy squats in the past and got good results. Are you using the Gironda version? If so, are the results any different than the standard sissy squat?

[oldtimer1]

I refuse to do any exercise named after a sissy. 

[beakdoctor]

I don't do sissy squats. The angle actually seems to be hell on the knee. Maybe I am doing them wrong.

I do front squats and hack squats. Adopted from a Jeff King routine. My quads are growing and Im in my 50's.  But if I stall out, I might try sissy squats again.

[MajorDomo]

I've done them to the point they got easy- so you have to add weight to increase the effort and that is kinda cumbersome (holding plate to your chest)

 Same effect with a hack squat or leg press machine if you chose the right foot placement

[Skeletor]

I don't do sissy squats. The angle actually seems to be hell on the knee. Maybe I am doing them wrong.

I do front squats and hack squats. Adopted from a Jeff King routine. My quads are growing and Im in my 50's.  But if I stall out, I might try sissy squats again.

I've always found front squats to be easier on the knees and back and they work great for quads.

[MajorDomo]

I refuse to do any exercise named after a sissy.

They weren't originally. The movement was popularized by a body builder named Monty Wolford and was called the Wolford Squat. According to Wolford's son the name sissy came about because a guy was mocking out Monty for doing such a "sissy" workout and when challenged to do it he quickly got fried and could barely walk.

I've read so much bullshit about the name - some tards say it is short for 'Sisyphus' and that is pure bs.

[IroNat]

I'm a big Vince Gironda guy. He was a genius but an asshole.
Anyway, the sissy squats is what I've added because at almost 45, I'm keeping as much stress off joints and ligaments but maximizing through isometrics, negatives, superset, giant sets etc...

Anyway, the sissy squat is just a filthy exercise for your quads. You will experience growth if done correctly and consistently. This is my favorite quad exercise.

What type of sissy squat do you do?

Do you use a sissy squat bench?

[Grape Ape]

They weren't originally. The movement was popularized by a body builder named Monty Wolford and was called the Wolford Squat. According to Wolford's son the name sissy came about because a guy was mocking out Monty for doing such a "sissy" workout and when challenged to do it he quickly got fried and could barely walk.

I've read so much bullshit about the name - some tards say it is short for 'Sisyphus' and that is pure bs.

Followed Wolford's son on twitter for a few years - strong as shit, weird dude.

Unfollowed him due to being a flaming liberal and posting political shit.

[IroNat]

Old time hack squat...



Knees over toes guy...

[Henda]

One of the few ways to train the rec fem leg extensions being the other so I just do them instead

[oldtimer1]

Old time hack squat...



Knees over toes guy...

Good stuff. Taught me something.

[Irongrip400]

I’m unfamiliar with this exercise. Please post an illustration like Hulkatron has in his avatar.

[SouJerz]

Dear god progressive overload is what you need.  Not sissy squats.

[wes]

They weren't originally. The movement was popularized by a body builder named Monty Wolford and was called the Wolford Squat. According to Wolford's son the name sissy came about because a guy was mocking out Monty for doing such a "sissy" workout and when challenged to do it he quickly got fried and could barely walk.

I've read so much bullshit about the name - some tards say it is short for 'Sisyphus' and that is pure bs.

I have always heard it was called a "sissy squat" because after doing them it made a sissy out of the strongest squatters.

Who knows

[Humble Narcissist]

Dear god progressive overload is what you need.  Not sissy squats.

No, sissy squats are a very underrated exercise.

[Gym Rat]

I'll do them for my last exercise on leg day.
I bought one of the things they sell to do them on.
Cooks the quads.

Squats (A variation)
Belt-Squats
Leg Curl
Leg Ext
Calf Raise
Sissy SQ or Bulgarian Split SQ (Either one, a great finisher)

[falco]

I'll do them for my last exercise on leg day.
I bought one of the things they sell to do them on.
Cooks the quads.

Squats (A variation)
Belt-Squats
Leg Curl
Leg Ext
Calf Raise
Sissy SQ or Bulgarian Split SQ (Either one, a great finisher)

Those chairs are knee busters, once people lean back for added stress. I agree in using them last, without weights, and bending slightly forward.

[SweetDaddySiki]

I used to do them years ago when I followed the routines in the Bob Paris books. They seemed to help my lower quads and outer sweep. The Gironda way of doing them is different. It's kinda like a sissy squat; when you go down as far as you can, you then turn it into a front squat and go down in a front squat and then back up in a front squat. Hard to explain and hard for me to do. Gironda called the transition to a front squat a "Burlesque Dancer's Bounce" or something. But I truly believe you'd get the same results from doing leg extensions than sissy's. I know I did. Extensions are vastly underrated.

[robcguns]

I think sissy squats feel amazing, I don’t do them often but once in a while and the burn is crazy.

But apparently I’m a bitch so what the fuck do I know.

[Tapeworm]

Doesn't seem it keeps strain off the knee at all. But my legs are shit so wtf do I know.

[oldtimer1]

I'll do them for my last exercise on leg day.
I bought one of the things they sell to do them on.
Cooks the quads.

Squats (A variation)
Belt-Squats
Leg Curl
Leg Ext
Calf Raise
Sissy SQ or Bulgarian Split SQ (Either one, a great finisher)

Be very careful using those things.  It can rupture your patella tendon if you get into the wrong position like leaning back to increase leverage.

[Grape Ape]

I do not do them.

So stop trying to pressure me.

[IroNat]

I think sissy squats feel amazing, I don’t do them often but once in a while and the burn is crazy.

But apparently I’m a bitch so what the fuck do I know.

[MajorDomo]

I'll do them for my last exercise on leg day.
I bought one of the things they sell to do them on.
Cooks the quads.

I had that same piece of equipment. After a while I got joint pains. Ended up giving it away through Craigslist because nobody would buy it lol