Vince Gironda Sissy Squat

[BigSkippy1263]

It's spelled S-T-R-E-N-G-T-H for God's sake!

[deadlift65]

"Strength", not "strenght". Best wishes.

[hereschucky1]

this looks hard to keep your balance the way he's shaking and moving his legs around.

[GetzuCero]

it looks dangerous

[rectbosun]

HELLO????? Turnip thighs and underdeveloped vastus lateralis and vastus medialis are a result of having SHORT thigh muscles, just like people having short biceps. The thigh muscle on some people dont go all the down to the knee. In other words, there isnt any genetic material there to develop. It has nothing at all with doing squats or sissy squats, its GENETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[paddyJKD]

@rectbosun i agree completely. My thoughts are this type of squat looks interesting but the deep range through the knee joint cannot be good for ligaments, especially because bodybuilders now days tend to overestimate there leg strength so use heavier weights, and there is no functional need to strengthen in that range. well built leg muscles can be developed through common exercises like free leg extensions, power deadlifts, and proper range of motion squats with the feet at different widths.

[rectbosun]

gay

[rectbosun]

imagine Dorian or Ronnie using a ridiculous excercise like this with heavy weight?? My knees hurt just by watching this garbage.

[corporacionmonstruo]

@rectbosun it´s a close chain exercise,not garbage

[rectbosun]

@corporacionmonstruo leg presses, squats, hacks, are all closed chain exercises. This exercise looks ridiculous, and any fool can see its puts an incredible amount of strain on the knees.

[corporacionmonstruo]

@rectbosun If you judge an exercise by how it looks , you are being ridiculous.And of course a cuad exercise will stress the joints involved in that movement

[rectbosun]

@corporacionmonstruo not like that..hyper extended knees. its genetics, you either got legs or you dont.

[corporacionmonstruo]

@rectbosun "hyper extended knees" ??????? LOL

[rectbosun]

@corporacionmonstruo you sound like a gay aerobics instructer. That whole barry manilow sissy squat, reaks of homosexuality. Ill do my squats and leg presses missy, and you do your sissy "destroy my knees in latter life" squats by vince gironda. lets compare thighs, you stupid ass homo.......................

[corporacionmonstruo]

@rectbosun the name of sissy squats has nothing to do with gays,check the story later.you called me gay after i loled to you because you said "hyper extended knees",so rather than accepting your complete ignorance in weightlifting you tried to insult me.this is not a back squat alternative,this is another exercise,get it right.

[rectbosun]

@corporacionmonstruo are you kidding me?? complete ignorance of weight training??? Ive been working out for 25 years you fuckin asshole! You sound like a genetic cream puff with all your silly bendover backwards sissy squats, that no REAL bodybuilder would ever consider wasting any time on..clown assbite! lol

[heat4yoass]

@rectbosun

have fun with arthritis pretty soon. It's guys like you in the gym I have no respect for. You're the type to eyeball other people because they're "bigger" than you or you're bringing your whole ego to the gym. Special fuck you goes out to guys like you. You make us look like douchebags.

[rectbosun]

@heat4yoass I got news for you groupie, you are a douchebag! Its guys like you who are always humping the legs of guys like me. Did you say eyeball guys that are bigger? Your whole comment reaks of homosexuality, do me a favor alice, and go fuckyourself!

[heat4yoass]

@rectbosun

Aw what's the matter big guy? Did I hurt your ego? I got news for you, i'm most likely bigger and more ripped than you, but I don't got your "elite" attitude with others at the gym you little bitch. I help people out at the gym that need advice, unlike you fuckin pip squeak mother fucker.

[rectbosun]

@heat4yoass I seriously dought your in my league twink. You say you help others? help them do what? stretch and bendover? do curls on one of those wayward beach balls? Truss me, an ankle grabber like you, gets no thought or consideration from me. Women see you coming, there legs slam shut!!!!!!!

[heat4yoass]

@rectbosun

Look at you and your sexual insecurities. So do you look at your spotters crotchal region or do you try to act straight and look downwards when benching? Look here you sissy and i'm not talking about Sisyfos. I'm 6'1" 225lbs of lean muscle. I used to play LB for my college. I highly doubt you're in MY LEAGUE.

Keep acting like a gym rat douchebag and you'll be treated like one one day you little bitch.

[rectbosun]

@heat4yoass Did you say my, what, my sexual insecurities? Did you say crotchial region? OMG..Your a BIGGER queer than both those guys on living color, 'MEN ON FILMS'! Homo bodybuilding groupies like you, always expose yourselves with gay comments. Your kind just cant help it.Ive been working out since reagan was in office, and won the teenage mr delaware in 1987, at 17 years old. Then i had to start working for a living..You sound like a hair dressor, or a mary k cosmetics sales queer person.

[shinshoryuken]

Umm I see nothing sissy about this move. In fact it looks brutal.

[batboyjhg]

This looks incredibly dangerous.

[mmmeijer01]

Haha ,the exercise in this movie can impossible been done by a human being .Humans will fall on there back in an instant ..

[tigerbright22]

love it.

[mudasirmnm]

stay safe use front squats... :D

[mudasirmnm]

loooolz...dun do it...it can break ur kneez... :P

[wesley830]

Spelling fail @ 0:07

[atzepeng2323]

putting a bullet in both your knees will be healthier than this move.

if you wanna work your quads do some leg press or leg extensions.

[kravistjb]

@atzepeng2323 explain to the wonderful youtube crowd how this will mess up your knees?

[jecnunez]

@atzepeng2323 LOL Leg extensions being suggested as a healthy knee exercise. Nice trollin

[TRBNGR666]

wells its contradictory to all typical squatting rules of thumb...

[xo1tom1ox]

Wow that looks hard, not going to lie

[voncoolio]

This is how you fuck your knees real quick and easy. yep, great 'Knee joint explosion' tutorial. Damage for a lifetime guaranteed!

[TRBNGR666]

@voncoolio exactly.

[kravistjb]

@voncoolio explain to the wonderful youtube crowd how this will mess up your knees?

[virtualreal]

Vince Gironda had intreresting ideas but this one cleary sucks. I won't even try this.

[freejumptraining]

Looks real tough on the knees. Just looks like a bad idea.. first impression.

[bdoyle23]

knees past the toes can't be good

[handlas1]

the whole form looks terrible for your back. I'd never do this squat (only reason I saw it was because it was in recommended videos). I could see my spine snapping in half.

And aren't you suppose to put your weight on your heels anyhow. If my back doesn't snap I'd definitely fall face foward.

[Austin333]

Clue's in the names sissy squat, perhaps it's a squat variation not a conventional squat.

[JederLacht1]

Exactly right. People don't really know.

[JederLacht1]

Considering the fact you'd need to use minimal weight, it wouldn't produce as much damage as you think.

Besides, your knee travels past your toes all the time. Are your knees still ok? Probably.

[Brimno]

People are ignorant to why this is called the sissy squat. It has nothing to do with gay people, it is named after Sisyfos a chracter from greek mythologi who pushed a rock in tartaros until the end of times, and thereby trained his legs to be huge.

[QueSeraSera23]

Sisyfos was not a perpendicular homo sapien, I knew him before I was.

[mxfreak613]

thats cool lol i read that its called the sissy squat cause it'll make you cry like one lol

[1stcwp]

it was called a sissy squat because he recommended using a whole lot less weight than conventional squats.. (like a sissy would?) APPARENTLY they are very effective.. but ive never done them.. and yes, he advocated steroids..... just not to the extent they are used today.

[deposithere1]

No, he actually opposed them. Funny how today anyone can spread any shit they want without even doing minimal research. To be specific, he said he doesn't like the gorilla look it creates.

[JohnLennon1984]

your talking bullocks he hated steroids use

[THeVigorexicVegan]

Doesn't this hurt your knees?¿

[Ovamka]

use very light weight or no weight at all.

[corporacionmonstruo]

of course,it is a quad excersice...

[scientificamerica]

its called a sissy squat for a reason

[fakeantivirus]

I agree that this method is gonna make you fall backwards easily, but gironda is no idiot and he hates steroids.

[hulkout666]

Vince certainly did not recommend steroids and he did understand biomechanics a lot more than you, you motherfucking pile of fucking shit! SO why don't you grow the fuck up and look outside your fucking Mens Health magazines.

[hulkout666]

Vince Gironda recommended it, you dumbfuck! One of the best trainers of all time. It trains the muscle in a very different way from conventional squats and it's more productive and safer than leg extensions.

[corporacionmonstruo]

more productive yes,more safer ..no

[Jester995]

How did this get the name sissy squat?  It should be called a hard-bastard-with-really-good-­balance squat.

[Brutmax]

Never lockout at the top. Go back down just before. You'll get a burn you won't forget in a hurry! Very possibly the best quad exercise you can do!

[mugen45]

This is probably safer if done on a hack squat machine

[Urghings]

Only a sissy would do this.

Be a man and do back squats!

[tnasty830]

or how bout be a man and do front squats

[strathern30]

badass workout, is my favorite 4 cuadriceps

[kwikslvr440]

what's the objective of this? to keep the bar (or weight) in one plane?

[strathern30]

ur stupid dude

[MaxThonder]

This is not though on the knees. Think about it: you use "optimal" form, i.e. a regular squat, and put 300 lbs + on your back, or you do that exercise in which even just the barbell can be enough weight.

Back squats = great glute exercise.

This = quadriceps exercise = better knee stability from strengthened quadriceps.

Squatter's quads = very often with overdevelopped rectus femoris and underdevelopped vastus lateralis and vastus medialis. Sissy squats hit these last two like no other exercise.

[drumsanddrumming]

agree. few people does this exercise in the right way- in fact you can feel when you do it right, the form is everything,

[HillsideFights]

@MaxThonder this exercise is horrible for your back though, all that stress and weight is focused on your lowerback

[onetao8]

@MaxThonder think ya meant TOUGH :)

[mmafan35]

That looks absurdly bad for the knees.

[HelloMarco]

That looks to akward and pointless to bother with.

[nodont]

its probably the best quad-building lift you can possibly do

[zealess]

hot

[WoWcheese]

wow i would not try this unless your legs have been well developed.

[whortty6]

good advice about using limited weight.i've done hindu squats using up to 65 pounds but i stopped do to stress on my lower back,so i guess i'll try again but with supported heels.

[MACHINEHEAD0009]

gotta be though on the knees

[hulkout666]

This is a fantastic exercise for really building the legs! Vince was never that interested in huge weights. He always worked the muscle strictly with isolation type exercises for a classic physique. Try this exercise on your next workout and you'll see how good it is!

[dreamzero1]

I feel like puking jus by watching this.. I'll sure try it on next leg day.. stay strong

[maddfurey]

i use to do them and your exactly right. it's one of the few exercises where i thought i might get sick and throw up before completing a set. it's brutal,not for sissies

[ChuaCheeHeong]

Thank you. Classic bodybuilding is almost dead these days thanks to lazy chemical freaks.

[WUTANG826]

that dont look very safe leaning back alot

[zodawg0079]

One of the best and most difficult exercises ever.