The Best Quad Exercise You're Not Doing? KNEES OVER TOES

One of the toughest exercises for Quads, and how to program it and build yourself up to being able to do it


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00:00 - Can you do Sissy Squats?
00:26 - History of Sissy Squats
01:10 - What Makes It So Great?
03:45 - Where to Start?
04:10 - Front Foot Elevated Split Squats
05:02 - Sample Program
05:55 - Rear Leg Emphasis Split Squat
07:25 - How to Do Sissy Squats

[rameshjha]

Best thing was you giving us realistic expectations of results timeline and good progression technique. 👌🏼 Helps avoid injuries too

[othonielmolina]

Sissy squats fixed my horrible knees. At first, my knees hurt horribly doing this exercise, and they cracked an popped every time. After two months of doing this exercise, I never had any problems with my knees ever again.

[alburaq]

Just started doing them few weeks ago and my knees feel better already.

The stretch and pump is unreal. Great finisher movement.

[WilliamWeyes]

I’m 28 with nearly bone on bone arthritis in both knees. I’ve been struggling for so long trying to figure out ways to build my legs without horrible knee pain. Would love to see a topic like arthritis covered in a video.

[NattyLifeYT]

I've heard of this exercise but never really knew much about it. You did a great breakdown, I might just have to give it a try. Seems like a great accessory to finish off the quads after some squats.

[HawkeyeFan]

I just strained my quad origin last week and I learned a few new things from this video that I can implement into my rehab. The timing of this video couldn’t be better

[Jayro]

Thank you for the examples of these progressions greatly appreciated.

[SteveMercer-te]

This ia a good channel dont see many people talking about this. Ive been doing the gironda phase sissy squat for years with great results. Great presentation, great info and a great physique to go with it!

[robjacksonperformance]

Great breakdown of the history and the progressions/regressions to enable someone to start implementing this great exercise. Really well produced content. 👏🏽

[daisychee]

Eugene, really appreciate your rear leg emphasis split squat. It's a great way to train loading with my knees flexed at that angle - I am very weak in that area and my knees often give way. Thank you for coming up with such a terrfic way to train the knees.

[synergyrevolution]

The timing of this video is amazing! I just did my second ever session of kneeling sissy squats the other day and it's the exercise I've been thinking a lot about lately.

[maxstephenson]

Thoughts on sissy squat vs reverse Nordics?

I started doing reverse Nordics about 6 months ago, it made such a big difference in how my quads feel with other exercises from running to squats. Very humbling too, you don't have to do much before feeling the burn!

Thanks Eugene, I really appreciate your content.

[brockvt]

Thank you for the video! Especially the front door elevated squat gives me a place to start I wouldn't have known!

[genarobarron]

Cool, cool, cool . I'm 56 and that is a good one for me . It keeps me healthy and quite flexible . Thank you for the video . I've never messaged you before but I follow your channel enthusiastically . Thanks again, I always appreciate your information .

[peu]

Love this exercise!! Saved my legs during lockdowns 🤣

[Itallstartswithadream]

Mate you are the best in the business in my opinion. So for me at 52 with chronic arthritis through my spine i do alot of sissy squats and single leg either lunges or Bulgarian splits etc and either nordics for hamstrings or rdl’s as I train at home with simple equipment, compared to my friends of the same age that only train upper as they say legs are just for walking lol my legs are not only stronger looking but at least it matches the rest and no chicken legs.. oh and i smash calves everyday at the end of a workout. New sub here mate, thanks for all your videos 👍

[gemmaruffin]

A world of wizardry over here 🤩 Thanks for the tips Eugene!

[leddyvilla]

Love doing these as a rehab after my workouts :) Has done amazing knee relief

[jpm]

Daaaamn Eugene with the deep dive of this technique. Nice work!

[kevinb]

Eugene I recently started doing the John Meadows TRX sissy squat, crazy stretch and pump 👍