How To Do The Pistol Squat

[crotchdonkey]

im having serious difficulty with these. but i swear i will get there.

[Truejusticevoice]

Pistol squats are fucking useless and it makes no sense doing them as it doesn't increase your front squat and your back squat.

[stylizhmathias]

@Truejusticevoice Really helps up balancing on your heel and so on. It makes you stronger in general.

[mmatss]

@Truejusticevoice Pistol squats are great for overall athletisism, that is to say strenght, balance and coordination combined. People have goals other than max strength.

[mmatss]

at 1:40 he mentions a form of squats to help open up the hips, but does he call them 'gulbots' ???

[LayEmOut60]

@mmatss Goblet squats

[klevdav]

Grate video

[respeezy]

Thanks man,

your comment on not leading with your knee but with your butt makes a huge difference.!

[jgmagoo1]

I saw a guy at my local gym doing pistol squats while standing on top of a stabillity ball AND holding a 50-pound weight in his hands!!

(He was a current World Cup competitive downhill skier.)

My jaw about hit the floor!!

[zzjones92]

@jgmagoo1 da daa daa damn!!!!

[MrEthereality]

@jgmagoo1

That's insane! From what I've seen pistols are probably the best functional lower body exercise out there.

[swings4]

ok, I'll give it a shot..thanks

[bruceleefitness]

homost maked 4 reps it,shit

[kiddaps]

@njyrki it wasn't a joke. but weak as in not strong enough to come back up after going down

[kiddaps]

@njyrki that just means you have weak quads

[ThisIsNotSharyn]

@njyrki Best comment ever.

[htaehxela]

@njyrki

try using 2 40kg kettle-bells then

[utukk]

i do that hisssssssssssssss all the time when i'm 1rming

[coifgx]

I can do one with 25 kg on my right leg, and cant do one at all with my left.

[LiveBytheBarbell]

I can get down under control, I just can't get back up yet lol

[TheRumbla]

Great tutorial, I still can't do a pistol squat, but I'm definitely going to try the resistance band tip!