Wall Sits

by bcmintx on May 27, 2009 9:58 AM EDT Comment 4 comments

Hi Gang,

I am into a mostly bodyweight workout regimen.

Does anyone have an opinion on Wall Sits as an excercise? Doing them seems to stress all of my leg muscles, but there are lots of excercises that seem hard and aren't any good. If you don't think they are a good thing, alternatives would be appreciated. I also do squats, jump rope, run stairs, sprints.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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I don't think it hurts you any.

A little isometric exercise mixed with your normal routine seems like a good idea to me. Try one legged wall squats if you really want to feel the burn!

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by OCBlazerFan1 on May 29, 2009 2:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wall Sits

Thanks for the tip. I’ll try it.

by bcmintx on May 29, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Here's what I do once in a while.

Do your wall sit so your thighs are parallel with the floor. Lift one leg & hold it for 20 seconds, then switch. Do it for 1 min and 20 secs. BURN! (For me anyway) Repeat as desired.

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by OCBlazerFan1 on May 29, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agree with above.

My vague recollection of isometric exercise in general is that it’s very joint-angle specific; that is, if you only do your wall sits at 90/90 hips/knees, you’ll only get stronger at that angle. So you might try doing your sits at various depths…lower than 90 (which sounds torturous, but I’m sure there’s some psychotic out there who does them daily; a touch higher, a lot higher. Hold at various locations for time. Then get so you can do every depth for 30 seconds on one leg. At that point we’ll rename you Pavel.

These days I’ve also seen a lot of people recommending something called "squats against pins’, (or deadlifts against pins) in which you push (or pull) with all your might against the bar, which pushes up against pins in the power rack. It’s a kind of isometric contraction of the squat/deadlift muscles and a way of potentiating some extra muscle fibers.

Couple of thoughts for variation’s sake
Andrew

by Andrew Heffernan on May 31, 2009 11:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs