Legs · Bodyweight
Bodyweight Half Sissy Squat Wall Supported
How to do the bodyweight half sissy squat wall supported, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Squat
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand tall with one hand on a wall for balance and rise onto the balls of your feet. Bend your knees and lean back, letting your knees travel forward as your torso stays in line with your thighs, descending halfway before driving back up through your quads.
- 1A deep stretch and burn down the front of your thighs
- 2Your knees tracking forward over your toes
- 3Your hips and torso staying in a straight line
Common mistakes
- Bending at the hips instead of leaning back
- Dropping your heels and losing the forward knee travel
- Using the wall to pull yourself up instead of balance
Muscles worked
The bodyweight half sissy squat wall supported mainly works the quads, with the calves and hip flexors assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- CalvesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.