How to Do the Sit Squats
💪 Quadriceps, Abductors, Glutes, Hamstrings🏋️ Bodyweight📊 Beginner🏷️ Stretching
How to perform it
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. This will be your starting position.
- Begin the movement by flexing your knees and hips, sitting back with your hips.
- Continue until you have squatted a portion of the way down, but are above parallel, and quickly reverse the motion until you return to the starting position. Repeat for 5-10 repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Sit Squats primarily targets your Quadriceps, with support from your Abductors, Glutes, Hamstrings. No equipment needed — train it anywhere.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Sit Squats slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.