Quads exercise

Bodyweight Sissy Squat

Squat leaning your body back with your knees forward, to isolate the quads.

How to do the Bodyweight Sissy Squat

4 steps, in the order you do them.

Stand with your feet hip-width apart and hold onto a support with one hand.
Rise onto your toes and push your knees forward while leaning your torso back, keeping your body in a line from knees to shoulders.
Lower as far as your knees allow, with control.
Come back up by extending your knees with the power of your quads.

What goes wrong most often when you do the Bodyweight Sissy Squat, and how to fix it.

You bend at the hips and the exercise turns into a regular squat.
Keep your hips extended and push your knees forward, with your body in a line from knees to shoulders.
Your heels stay down and you can't take your knees forward.
Rise onto the balls of your feet from the start and stay there for the whole rep.
You hang on the support and pull with your arm to come up.
Touch the support with your hand without gripping hard. If you have to pull, shorten the range.