sissy squat

Meaning

Noun

• A form of squat exercise, usually with a dumbbell held behind the legs while the heels are lifted off the ground, the torso remaining flat while the lifter leans backwards.

Origin

• The dependent “sissy” is a cranberry morpheme in reference to the mythological figure of Sisyphus here, owing to the exercise isolating all heads of the quadriceps femoris, while performing step-up-like exercise similar to that of Sisyphus also entails having large quads.