Sissy Squat machine saved my knee. I sprained my knee 7 years ago while playing soccer and I didn’t need surgery. Every single year after that injury, the knee would hurt and swell up. My range of motion wasn’t there and also it felt like a bubble was inside my joint. I did PT and nothing would really help. I started lifting weights and got more engaged into bodybuilding. 4 years later I am now playing soccer full time and lifting. My knee clicks often but no pain or swelling. Regular leg workouts with ending of sissy squat routine targeting my quads helped me get my right knee back to life.
No. Not at all. If an exercise goes against your joint and natural joint- movement it will break. The same goes for a car for example. You can take an SUV to the most extreme environments (forest, rocks, sand, snow) and it could cope for a while. But if the car isn’t specifically designed for that environment it doesn’t matter how much you tune and modify it because sooner or later it will break down. Same goes for your joints, ligaments and soon muscles.
@@mihailmilev9909 one would know if he’d/she’d look at the human anatomy. The biggest way to injure your shoulders would be to lift something upwards with you elbow over the shoulder (upright row). This would pinch a nerve, causing you to develop pain in that shoulder. The sissy squat demands alot of your knees, and over time by doing this exercise it would compromise it and then cause pain that way. By looking at anatomy, it becomes clear what’s bad and what’s not.
@@alexanderschwab6408I know I'm late, but did you even watch the video when you wrote that comment?? They are literally saying you NEED to have good strength, mobility, form and stability to perform certain movements that seem uncomventional. You are literally agreeing with them! If you wanna transfer that to your car analogy, they are saying that you should only drive in challenging environments if your car meets the requirements to actually to it without risk of breaking the car, getting stuck or whatever. But also, your body isn't just a car, it can adapt instead of just breaking down. Your connective tissue and muscles can be slowly remodeled to fit the needed criteria to safely do certain movements after a while, that's literally what training is. So you're essentially agreeing with the video but you said the opposite 😂
I've just got a sissy squat bench to help strengthen my quads following a broken hip. It does hurt my knees, but I feel that's simply because my legs have been weakened overall, so I'm starting slowly and carefully and using ankle weights just walking around to build some strength in my legs overall. I'm relieved to hear you say this exercise is good for the knees if you do them properly.
Depends: a guy who ruined his shoulder joints with dips has been explained by a physio (a guy in charge of Olympic athletes apparently) that some (many?) just don't have the scapula flexibility (understand genetic mobility) to do this exercise, and practicing it will end up in severe injuries in the long term. Some movements are dangerous because you need the right genetics on top of your mobility work to do them. And not all bad movements for you are identifiable by pain, some grind you in the course of time, and the day you feel the pain, it's too late. Also, let's face it: we don't have compelling scientific studies that follow a group of people over 10, 20 or 30 years to see the impact of an exercise on the health. Without scientific studies, we are limited to our sensations and limited experience to assess the risks. Besides most people never practice more than a few years, a decade at the most, so no trainer has the data/feedback to assess risks. Be humble, practice safely.
I am 24, very athletic, and have been studying sissy squats. I did 10 unassisted 2 weeks ago, and my knee pain has made me squat light over the past 2 weeks. The tops of me knees still hurt, I do not recommend sissy squats if you are a heavy lifter. I did one set with good form and my right knee still hurts with every extension, my left knee just stopped. And not pain in the muscle but in the connective tissue
I had othroscopic knee surgery 6 years ago. I ride a lot of Peloton, but I wonder are there versions of sissy squats I can do for people with compromised knees. Also, I own a dual stack functional trainer (if that can help with this question). Thank you!
of course there is. just stand and hold on to something then slowly do the sissy squat to whatever range of motion you are comfortable with, and do that, and you're adjusting the load by holding on to something
Hey, I've just been doing research on the sissy squat because I wanted to find ways to go deeper. There's a video I found that I think could be useful for you: ruclips.net/video/1a6nfG69c9g/видео.html&ab_channel=MarkBell-SuperTrainingGym. It's a knee/quad exercise that actually has you kneel on the ground and lift up using quad/knees. I think it would be a good build up to the sissy because it's using most of the same muscles & movement, there's easier variations & requires less balance, and it would help stretch and strengthen the knee. Even though I can do a sissy squat (just not all the way as far as I want to yet) I'll probably still add in these variations until I can lean further back and still get up.
@@joshuadawson8202 They are gymnasts, its a move that sets up another move within a routine in a performance. Crossfit at its highest form is a race. These are two things that don't rank very high in bodybuilding.
There's no such thing as a "CrossFit pull" or "CrossFit pull up". The kipping pull up is a partial movement. It's the beginning portion of a bar muscle up as performed in gymnastics, utilizing momentum and body control
🤷♂️ I do them with 225lbs only thing it irritates for me a little bit is my lower back because it's hard to stay upright. That's what a belt is for though. Slow and steady.
i think u do them wrong if u need more resistance bend backward it s not to stay upright sure u can but def not add weight and lean forward that wouldnt make any sense
@@rexcolt7203 I know how to lift buddy have been for over a decade. Have 225lbs on your shoulders will hurt anyone's back because it compresses your spine.
@@baileymiller546 ^^ ok i think u dont get it but alright all i want to say is there is no reason to do a weighted sissy squat bending forward u stress ur lower back for no reason if u need more resistance lean backward
@@rexcolt7203 🤦♂️ you can tell me when you try these with a lot of weight. I'm sure you can't because obviously you don't know what you're talking about.
You can bend forward without arching your back as long as you don't arch to much you're fine. With that much weight on your back/shoulders it is impossible to stay completely upright.
Thats an idiotic "blanket statement". The "there's no bad exercise" statement. Disfunctional exercises such as pronated side lat raises absolutely shred and inflame the rotator cuff due to the friction against the acromium plate that movement causes.
Externally rotate the dumbbells and lean forward slightly then raise. Alpha Destiny and Jason Blaha (crazy guy who lies a lot but as they say even a broken clock is right twice a day) showed this in an old vid and the original musclemonsters channel owners in their shoulders video
Tf? Nothing wrong with lateral raises or his statement. There’s no bad movement that will just straight up cripple you, unless your giving yourself a ring-dinger
Everyone is different, theres people that can do certain exercises without risk of injury and benefit from it. Then theres others that cant do certain exercises and would sustain injuries if they did them. Just have to figure out which ones you can do
@@r.ramirez6745Well, basic human anatomy and physiology dictates otherwise. Sure "some" may not endure the same outcomes because of variables such as load or intensity can vary greatly; however, you don't teach something like he stated and potentially be the cause of the "some" that may suffer an injury or setback. Wrong info is wrong info w/o conditions of outcomes.
Sissy Squat machine saved my knee. I sprained my knee 7 years ago while playing soccer and I didn’t need surgery. Every single year after that injury, the knee would hurt and swell up. My range of motion wasn’t there and also it felt like a bubble was inside my joint. I did PT and nothing would really help. I started lifting weights and got more engaged into bodybuilding. 4 years later I am now playing soccer full time and lifting. My knee clicks often but no pain or swelling.
Regular leg workouts with ending of sissy squat routine targeting my quads helped me get my right knee back to life.
I am just discovering this gem of knowledge after 2 years of chronic knee pain.
"There's no such thing as a bad exercise, there's just exercises that are performed bad" GOLD! one of the best quotes I've heard in a very long time
No. Not at all. If an exercise goes against your joint and natural joint- movement it will break.
The same goes for a car for example. You can take an SUV to the most extreme environments (forest, rocks, sand, snow) and it could cope for a while. But if the car isn’t specifically designed for that environment it doesn’t matter how much you tune and modify it because sooner or later it will break down. Same goes for your joints, ligaments and soon muscles.
@@alexanderschwab6408 great analogy
@@alexanderschwab6408 so how do we actually know for sure if there are and what would be these "unnatural movement patterns"
@@mihailmilev9909 one would know if he’d/she’d look at the human anatomy. The biggest way to injure your shoulders would be to lift something upwards with you elbow over the shoulder (upright row). This would pinch a nerve, causing you to develop pain in that shoulder.
The sissy squat demands alot of your knees, and over time by doing this exercise it would compromise it and then cause pain that way.
By looking at anatomy, it becomes clear what’s bad and what’s not.
@@alexanderschwab6408I know I'm late, but did you even watch the video when you wrote that comment??
They are literally saying you NEED to have good strength, mobility, form and stability to perform certain movements that seem uncomventional.
You are literally agreeing with them! If you wanna transfer that to your car analogy, they are saying that you should only drive in challenging environments if your car meets the requirements to actually to it without risk of breaking the car, getting stuck or whatever. But also, your body isn't just a car, it can adapt instead of just breaking down. Your connective tissue and muscles can be slowly remodeled to fit the needed criteria to safely do certain movements after a while, that's literally what training is. So you're essentially agreeing with the video but you said the opposite 😂
Every time i do sissy squats my knees feel so good. Better than anyother exercise or movement
I've just got a sissy squat bench to help strengthen my quads following a broken hip. It does hurt my knees, but I feel that's simply because my legs have been weakened overall, so I'm starting slowly and carefully and using ankle weights just walking around to build some strength in my legs overall. I'm relieved to hear you say this exercise is good for the knees if you do them properly.
Depends: a guy who ruined his shoulder joints with dips has been explained by a physio (a guy in charge of Olympic athletes apparently) that some (many?) just don't have the scapula flexibility (understand genetic mobility) to do this exercise, and practicing it will end up in severe injuries in the long term. Some movements are dangerous because you need the right genetics on top of your mobility work to do them. And not all bad movements for you are identifiable by pain, some grind you in the course of time, and the day you feel the pain, it's too late.
Also, let's face it: we don't have compelling scientific studies that follow a group of people over 10, 20 or 30 years to see the impact of an exercise on the health. Without scientific studies, we are limited to our sensations and limited experience to assess the risks. Besides most people never practice more than a few years, a decade at the most, so no trainer has the data/feedback to assess risks. Be humble, practice safely.
Sissy squats blew my quads up !!!
they really work, kinda fast too - a few sessions involving front squats and sissy squats and i was already starting to notice some changes
I am 24, very athletic, and have been studying sissy squats. I did 10 unassisted 2 weeks ago, and my knee pain has made me squat light over the past 2 weeks. The tops of me knees still hurt, I do not recommend sissy squats if you are a heavy lifter. I did one set with good form and my right knee still hurts with every extension, my left knee just stopped. And not pain in the muscle but in the connective tissue
What about the one leg bodyweight squat? like squat universty tells to do
@@lucashenriques4242 pistol squats are awesome do them.
Every youtube video title with the word "truth" in it, makes me think like they are about to reveal some ancient egypt secrets.
I had othroscopic knee surgery 6 years ago. I ride a lot of Peloton, but I wonder are there versions of sissy squats I can do for people with compromised knees. Also, I own a dual stack functional trainer (if that can help with this question). Thank you!
of course there is. just stand and hold on to something then slowly do the sissy squat to whatever range of motion you are comfortable with, and do that, and you're adjusting the load by holding on to something
Hey, I've just been doing research on the sissy squat because I wanted to find ways to go deeper. There's a video I found that I think could be useful for you: ruclips.net/video/1a6nfG69c9g/видео.html&ab_channel=MarkBell-SuperTrainingGym. It's a knee/quad exercise that actually has you kneel on the ground and lift up using quad/knees. I think it would be a good build up to the sissy because it's using most of the same muscles & movement, there's easier variations & requires less balance, and it would help stretch and strengthen the knee. Even though I can do a sissy squat (just not all the way as far as I want to yet) I'll probably still add in these variations until I can lean further back and still get up.
Are sissy squats utilizing the machine as equally good? Does both exercises work the same muscles and when would you do one over the other?
So I’m not alone with their knees feeling good and the pain going away.
Safe as long as you don't rupture the quad tendons
Scientifically confirmed this? Bc I love sissy on hack, but I don’t know if it’s harmful
Watch Vince Gironda do the sissy squat on youtube. He was the greatest of all time ! Actually he learned this from Monty Wolford.
It's safe if you have the mobility,
Just say if your young,
No bad exercises?
How about the cross fit pullups?
If you like crack and pull ups, those butterflie pull ups that even the guy who invented them regretted his decision after doing so, do them.
Cross fit pull ups are a waste of time. Could lead to injury doesn't really target your back muscles
Don’t a lot of Gymnasts train the Kip?
Cross fit pull ups is not an excercise, it's a method of execution
@@joshuadawson8202 They are gymnasts, its a move that sets up another move within a routine in a performance. Crossfit at its highest form is a race. These are two things that don't rank very high in bodybuilding.
Can you make a case for a crossfit pull other then doing more reps?
I think you’re asking about pull ups? And no.
There's no such thing as a "CrossFit pull" or "CrossFit pull up".
The kipping pull up is a partial movement. It's the beginning portion of a bar muscle up as performed in gymnastics, utilizing momentum and body control
so you do like CrossFit then?
Love me some Sissy Squats.
🤷♂️ I do them with 225lbs only thing it irritates for me a little bit is my lower back because it's hard to stay upright. That's what a belt is for though. Slow and steady.
i think u do them wrong if u need more resistance bend backward it s not to stay upright sure u can but def not add weight and lean forward that wouldnt make any sense
@@rexcolt7203 I know how to lift buddy have been for over a decade. Have 225lbs on your shoulders will hurt anyone's back because it compresses your spine.
@@baileymiller546 ^^ ok i think u dont get it but alright all i want to say is there is no reason to do a weighted sissy squat bending forward u stress ur lower back for no reason if u need more resistance lean backward
@@rexcolt7203 🤦♂️ you can tell me when you try these with a lot of weight. I'm sure you can't because obviously you don't know what you're talking about.
You can bend forward without arching your back as long as you don't arch to much you're fine. With that much weight on your back/shoulders it is impossible to stay completely upright.
Thats an idiotic "blanket statement". The "there's no bad exercise" statement. Disfunctional exercises such as pronated side lat raises absolutely shred and inflame the rotator cuff due to the friction against the acromium plate that movement causes.
Externally rotate the dumbbells and lean forward slightly then raise. Alpha Destiny and Jason Blaha (crazy guy who lies a lot but as they say even a broken clock is right twice a day) showed this in an old vid and the original musclemonsters channel owners in their shoulders video
Tf? Nothing wrong with lateral raises or his statement. There’s no bad movement that will just straight up cripple you, unless your giving yourself a ring-dinger
Everyone is different, theres people that can do certain exercises without risk of injury and benefit from it. Then theres others that cant do certain exercises and would sustain injuries if they did them. Just have to figure out which ones you can do
@@r.ramirez6745Well, basic human anatomy and physiology dictates otherwise. Sure "some" may not endure the same outcomes because of variables such as load or intensity can vary greatly; however, you don't teach something like he stated and potentially be the cause of the "some" that may suffer an injury or setback. Wrong info is wrong info w/o conditions of outcomes.
Not everyone takes the time to learn the right way to do exercises so they do it the way the figure it on their own.
It’s an unnecessary exercise.