Pistol Squat
ZGYM | August 23, 2014
- Stand nice and tall and shift your weight onto one leg
- Tense all of the muscles in the standing leg including your glutes and engage your abs
- Extend both of your arms in front of you for balance, push your hips back and bring your butt all the way down below your knee. Try to keep your back in neutral position. Your lower back will round at the bottom position naturally, but make sure that you’re not rounding your upper back.
- Keep your foot flat on the ground and avoid lifting up your heel
- Push off of the heel and stand up squeezing your glutes and pulling your knee cup up by tensing your front thigh muscles.
- You can make this exercise easier by using a chair as a platform to sit on instead of going all the way down on one leg. Or you can also hold on to the chair or a wall next to your for balance and support.
- This is a very advanced bodyweight exercise that requires a skill, not only strength and flexibility so if you want to work on your skill then try this methodical workout to work on your Pistols:https://zuzkalight.com/workouts/learn-the-pistol-squat-workout/
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