Bodyweight Pistol Squat Will Shoot Your Leg Strength Through The Roof

[Truejusticevoice]

Pistols are useless and shit excercise. Don't bash on me, i am a pro at pistols and i discovered my squat didn't increased EVEN after months of pistols. I wasted my time. Together we shall say: FuK pistol squats.

[rhdtv2002]

tried to do a pistol and was high unsuccesful - got bad hamstring tighness..

[StrongLikeSusan]

I do my pistol squats holding a 15 lb. weight on an upside down Bosu ball or an Indo board for a bit of a challenge, 2 sets of 10 each leg!!! Best leg workout I do..

[esca8652]

@StrongLikeSusan awesome! I'd love to work my way up to be able to do that. Hell I can't even really do a full pistol squat >_< yet.

[dudemoya]

only pussies do this with bodyweight only.... and yes my vids back this up...

[elnino559]

read convict conditioning if you want a good program to work your way up to the pistol squat

[eat3waffels]

Do pistol squats help your vertical jump?

[clearviewhigh]

i use to be able to do these.  1 each leg. all of a sudden now my balance sucks really bad and cant do em anymore?

[Jouwl]

@clearviewhigh

Hold on to something, it's not a big deal.

[Str1keRS1R]

@clearviewhigh happened to me too. 3 on left leg and 5 on right. The very next day after I accomplished this feat, everytime I tried I fell to my ass. It's like the exercise's form wants you to frget it. Also it's harder to balance doing it barefoot.

[gdly300]

What kind of reps should be done

[DGAF100]

@gdly300 i use to do 50-60 on my first sets then i used a backpack

[MikeTysonEatsKids]

@DGAF100

i do 1,000,000

[BugsMoran]

@DGAF100 u mad?

[amramjose]

it is a great leg builder however do not do it balistically as it will cost you knee surgery at best, patelar cartilage degeneration at worst (also known as Chondromalacia patella), and i am talking from experience!

[thebloody100th]

what do you mean by balistically? without warming up?

[yobolion]

I think he means droping into the squat very rapidly like in Olympic Weightlifting!

[thebloody100th]

Thanks, i eventually realised what he was saying, im still learning here!

I got one wrecked knee already, didnt want to make it any worse by doing it wrong!

[polkapete]

good vid

[AeroStew89]

Damn, thats a very tough exercise.

Good job!

[DrAlexisOlson]

I can't do these without the heel of my supporting foot coming off of the ground. My feet don't flex far enough for some reason.

I can do it just fine if I hold 35 lb in weights out in front of me to shift my balance forward though.

[cherylmalone1]

Good stuff; I am definitely going to put this in my workout.

[ramus001]

Not too bad but far too much blah, blah, blah. The first 01:30 or so is just blather that adds nothing to the video.

[diane921]

I discovered you today and Circular Strength Training. I think this is absolutely amazing!!! This type of training. I'm a personal trainer here in NYC and I've been exploring getting into some type of training in pursuit of picking up new skills. This makes alot of sense to me. Thank you.

[LuciferSensui]

How much over your weight would you have to be able to barbell squat in order to have the strength to do a pistol?

[XOmniverse]

@LuciferSensui Probably slightly below your body weight, since a weighted squat employs both legs. Thing is, the pistol squat requires muscles that a regular squat doesn't even use due to the balancing aspect of it, so it's hard to compare.

[VxTQ]

Coordination wise I think I could do this. My ? is, would you recommend it for someone with scoliosis? I'm looking to strengthen my legs, which in turn would help (I think) take some pressure of my back when I lift weights. My pre lifting routine now, is about 10-15 min. of Yoga. Thank You!

[Rambodoc]

I was really looking for something like this. Thanks for the great tutorial! Maybe you could do another one on how to progress into pistols (cycling, etc.).

[CSTnorth]

Hey Bob,

That's awesome that you're going to give these a shot! Just be careful about the Rate of Perceived Discomfort to your knees. Anything that gives you pain above a 3 on a scale of 1-10 should be modified or discontinued (at least temporarily).

[Bob06460]

Thanks for the great video. With my bad knees I did not think that this would ever be something that I could do. But, with the alternatives that you presented I am surely going to give it a try.