In my view, pistol squats are the goal; the movement you want to achieve. They aren’t a training method to get leg hypertrophy. They are the thing you train for, not the thing you use to train for other things. It’s like any other gymnast skill you don’t use the planche to get jacked shoulders. You want jacked shoulders so you can do the planche.
I agree 100%. Pistol squat is already an advanced movement that requires a fair bit of strength and balance to achieve. I used to be able to do them but not anymore, even though my 1 RM squat for example is higher. Not sure why.
Same. The pistol squat is a huge goal for me. That's not to say I'll stop developing once I get to it, but I'll be pretty happy with myself once I reach it
They are also great for training balance under shifting load. I used to do 3 sets of 20, barefoot on a mini-trampoline as part of off season snowboard training. They made a noticeable difference from season to season (though not nearly as much as riding a unicycle!).
@keithdavis8461 it's not that hard. Try to do them elevated, f.e. standing on a chair, so your not working leg will be not in front of you but more below. Also you can decrease range of the motion to make it easier.
I know you're joking, but seriiusly even if you actually find them difficult, his point stands. If your goal is greater balance and mobility, pistol squats are a great exercise. They're also great for joint health. If your goal is muscular hypertrophy, however, you're better off squatting heavy.
@nickzardiashvili624 I think they are not best for hypertrophy, but still are good enough. You can do their assisted version, for example with rings, or wall assisted (like you would do wall handstand pushups) to eliminate balance factor, and to not keep your not working leg straight to eliminate mobility factor. They are good for home workout when you don't have access to heavy weights and Squat rack. Also it is easier to overload them, since + 20 kg weight vest to Pistol Squat is like +40 kg for both legs. But I still would recommend to start from not assisted one's to gain some basic balance.
Honestly I feel like stability being the limiting factor is a good thing, so many people focus on training strength, that they don't realise that the uses of that strength are limited by their lack of stability and flexibility. Strength is awesome, but it's useless in the real world if you don't give your body the flexibility and stability to make full use of that strength, moving freely and safely all at once. That said, I understand everyone has their own goals, and to each their own.
Pistol squat - Shrimp squat - Sissy squat - Reverse nordic curl - Dragon squat - One leg sissy squat _(as far as I know, nobody has done a full free one leg sissy squat, so here's your challenge)_ . Yeah, there's a LOT of leg exercises in calisthenics, and I only wrote the harder ones. Plus, with reverse nordics, and other squat variations, balance isn't an obstacle and you can easily add weights.
so why aren’t we training for stability&balance? why don’t we want to be more mobile and flexible ? that’s real strength why be muscular, but stiff and fragile?
there are better exercises for mobility and flexibility like dynamic stretches, and resistance band movements. Training with lifts that are unstable are only going to make you more sustainable to injury
So that means, even if You will train hella strong leg, You will be very easy target to overthrown compare to someone who train pistol squat. Balance is everything!
Naw, put two people in a wrestling match. One can do insane hack reps and weights - one can do insane numbers of pistols. Assuming equal levels of skill, I know who's gonna be on their ass
For me pistol squat is the only exercise that make me escape the chicken leg realm. And yes, the balancing problem but only when I start adding weights over 30kg and not because of heavy added load but the sheer size of the weight affecting body balance.
So I'd say I disagree with them being a short term option. I think they are a long term necessity, with progressive overload in the form of harder balancing forms
I just noticed how for pistol squats balance is communicated as down point while for ring dips, instability is communicated favorably. That being said pistol squats seem like one-arm pushups in that they are hard versions of basic exercises and progressive load is more difficult due to instability.
The dofference is that on dips it isn't balance, is a lack of development in some stabiliser muscles, that you can improve with rings. In pistol squats, it's actually balance and not stability that lacks
@@78supergood well in a sense, but in a pistol squat it's more your core and maybe ankle that need to be stable (as to keep your mass centered and stuff), and it's already their function and they do it all the time, your leg doesn't gain much by that instability, but with the rings its another thing I feel like, but idk I might be just wrong,
@@FranciscoJose-cu1jj Ah I see. So different muscles may be more responsible for stability for pistol squats unlike rings which use the same muscles for strength and stability.
I got lower back spasms doing pistol squats with incorrect form. Never slouch your back while performing this movement. Always keep it upright like he's showing here. Hope no one goes through months of physio therapy sessions like i did. Peace.
@@KenjiDev i had no idea what those movements are. Turned out its a stance positions. By the way, my back got immensely better after doing full range slow regular squats. I'll definitely add this to my routine. Thanks alot man.
Try doing a pistol squat on an upside-down Bosu ball; the goal IS strength-with-balance! Not just one or the other. Even partial one-legged squats like this are helpful for technical trail runs on uneven surfaces. Function.
The instabuility is what gets trained, since it is caused by underdeveloped small muscules, which will get developed through that kind of exercise, albeit starting from something easier first
I feel the ability to do Pistols is a great demonstration of Strength and difficult for some as a method to obtain it. Which surprised me that Daniel uses Pistols right off the bat in his Limitless Legs Program.
Instability forces you to train balance and balance is key for many athletic movements , Football , Martial Arts , and can prevent injuries placing your foot on an unstable surface in a bad angle .
Imo, adding weights make the balancing EASIER. When you have a dumbbell in each hand, it makes it a lot easier to stabilize your weight. Of course, you will reach a point where the dumbbells get so heavy that it becomes hard to balance again, but at that point you have already become freakishly strong.
Totally agree. To improve the series of pistol squats I lightly grab another surface for support, with one or two fingers maximum, to make sure I don't cheat and lift my weight with my arm. I know I'm taking away an important part of the exercise, such as the work of the stabilizer muscles, but it's better to feel the quadriceps.
thats what i did during lockdown wen the gyms were closed; i lightly grabbed something with one hand couple fingers and eventually worked upto 40lbs vest and 50lbs db on the other hand and my squats/etc acutally went up wen the gyms reopened
But what about wall pistol squat or any assisted pistol squat? Like free handstand push ups are difficult as well because of balance, however wall handstand push ups are still good for hypertrophy.
The problem I find is the over-emphasis of strength over various other factors such as flexibility, stability and being able to move well. Sure, getting stronger is a good thing, but your overall flexibility is just as important later on in life.
I was abroad for 10 weeks and only did pistol squats. I worked up to doing 7x7 alternating between legs without pause. When I went back to back squats, I felt increased explosive sttength out of the bottom. Strength is strength. I think pistol squats are a great exercise, especially for high volume
My right knee gets dislocated after doing few reps of pistol squats, since it is required to go deep during perfomance of this exercise...How to continue doing pistol squats under such circumstance?
It depends on your goal. I like training strength and balance. However, I think pistol squats are more representative of those skills than a vehicle to get you across the finish line.
Also flexibility, not just balance. Pistol squat for life! You require an already strong core (abs and lower back) also. Add weight or simply as a warm up if you are advamced.
Maybe because I didn't do a ton of progression work on these but I don't know how people do them it feels like my knee is going to explode when I try to go down. And that's when I was in really good shape and could do tons of one-legged step ups and squats/ lunges. I think I heard somewhere one-legged movements are not even ideal and that efficacious because you can just get as much work done with both legs and then you're not getting hip displacement.
True, I can do about 8-10 pistol squats per leg but every time I’ve tried to actually incorporate it in my training I hurt my knees somehow because I’m too unstable
Try doing a pistol squat on an upside-down Bosu ball; the goal IS strength-with-balance! Not just one or the other. Even partial one-legged squats like this are helpful for technical trail runs on uneven surfaces. Function. Form. Usable strength.
Because there are many ways to train balance and coordination, while there are fewer ways to train strength and hypertrophy. Balance and coordination are much more domain specific - an ice skater and a motorcyclist and a basketball player all need balance and coordination, but in very different ways. Having a strong bilateral (or stable unilateral) squat will generalize across more domains of activity than being able to do lots of pistol squats. Also critically, hacks and barbell squats load the legs and the torso, while pistols do not load the torso any more significantly than an unloaded bilateral squat. If you're really so desperate to compromise your strength training by layering balance on top of it, just hang your plates from bands
The other problem with pistol squats is that they can lead to serious injury unless executed with perfect form. And because they are demanding, few people can maintain perfect form...
Any athlete needs to learn and maintain the ability to do the pistol squat even if you progress better with the barbell, the hack is more useful for bodybuilders but has little transfer to other movements
I mean... yes, but healthwise it is a very good idea to train that balance and it is a good idea to walk over uneven ground, swim once in a while, stuff like that to train all those little muscles, that might not be visible, but often lead to pain if neglected.
I actually can do pistol squats but only with a plate under my heel. I can’t do Asian squat either, my ankles just can’t bend that much. When I was playing volleyball it is crucial for players to strengthen their ankles to prevent injuries so I did, but is there an effective way I can have my ankles become flexible?
In climbing pistol squats are KING. They have their place. there's NO PROBLEM with pistol squats. you can add weight and balancing with additional weight is completely attainable. Pistol squat for mobility and balance and strength through range
Which is why you should work on skills with the focus and energy they deserve, not try to cram all attributes into a single movement that develops everything poorly.
Anybody ever tried sissy squats on a hack machine? They definitely workaround the balancing limitation of that movement. You’ve just got to be careful and progress up to it safely first with regular sissy squats, unless you want to just dive in and rupture a tendon 🤷🏻♂️ like I did with pelican curls
Balancing on pistol squats becomes easier when you do it with weights. It's easier for me to pistol squat with 24 kg in one hand rather than weight free
Pistol squat is a combination of strength, stability, flexibility and mobility all things that a athlete possess. Traditional machine training is going to put glamor muscle and strength and that's it.
I am not a body builder, i dont need huge legs. Also i am not doing leg days only full body three times a week. So this is a Problem i will never face😉
If you are having difficulty in balancing the body while soing pistol squats. Then isn't it why you are training? To imrove balance with strength right?
I can safely do 3x6 reps of pistol squats on each leg. Did shrimp squats for a long time and then -boom - one day I found out I could do pistols. I don't have machines at my disposal, sadly. I do body weight movements in slow motion, Bulgarian split squats with weights and front + back squats in rotation. Still not with a lot of weight because I'm working out alone at home, but it's enough for me.
Stupid bodybuilders call stability a limiting factor for muscle growth, guess what gives stability? Muscles, you have stabilising muscles for a reason so why neglect them with a terrible hack squat when you can do a regular barbell back squat
Stability *is* strength tho :^) if you're not stable you're not truly strong you just have a couple of specific muscles that are well developed but a bunch of atrophic ones Besides the point of calisthenics is not hypertrophy, it's real usable strength
You are an authority; however, I am not so sure about the machine hack squat. I guess it depends on your goal. If athleticism and injury prevention are objectives, I feel some stability challenge is not such a bad thing. My inability to perform a pistol, points out the many range of motion problems I possess.
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In my view, pistol squats are the goal; the movement you want to achieve. They aren’t a training method to get leg hypertrophy. They are the thing you train for, not the thing you use to train for other things.
It’s like any other gymnast skill you don’t use the planche to get jacked shoulders. You want jacked shoulders so you can do the planche.
I agree 100%. Pistol squat is already an advanced movement that requires a fair bit of strength and balance to achieve. I used to be able to do them but not anymore, even though my 1 RM squat for example is higher. Not sure why.
Same. The pistol squat is a huge goal for me. That's not to say I'll stop developing once I get to it, but I'll be pretty happy with myself once I reach it
They are also great for training balance under shifting load. I used to do 3 sets of 20, barefoot on a mini-trampoline as part of off season snowboard training. They made a noticeable difference from season to season (though not nearly as much as riding a unicycle!).
@@geoffreylevens9045bro that's actually pretty cool
What? I could do a pistol squat after a week of training bro how is that a goal lmao
Yeah, ill let you know when pistol squats get too easy!🤣
😅
Like never for me!😢
@keithdavis8461 it's not that hard. Try to do them elevated, f.e. standing on a chair, so your not working leg will be not in front of you but more below. Also you can decrease range of the motion to make it easier.
I know you're joking, but seriiusly even if you actually find them difficult, his point stands. If your goal is greater balance and mobility, pistol squats are a great exercise. They're also great for joint health. If your goal is muscular hypertrophy, however, you're better off squatting heavy.
@nickzardiashvili624 I think they are not best for hypertrophy, but still are good enough.
You can do their assisted version, for example with rings, or wall assisted (like you would do wall handstand pushups) to eliminate balance factor, and to not keep your not working leg straight to eliminate mobility factor.
They are good for home workout when you don't have access to heavy weights and Squat rack. Also it is easier to overload them, since + 20 kg weight vest to Pistol Squat is like +40 kg for both legs.
But I still would recommend to start from not assisted one's to gain some basic balance.
Honestly I feel like stability being the limiting factor is a good thing, so many people focus on training strength, that they don't realise that the uses of that strength are limited by their lack of stability and flexibility. Strength is awesome, but it's useless in the real world if you don't give your body the flexibility and stability to make full use of that strength, moving freely and safely all at once. That said, I understand everyone has their own goals, and to each their own.
Pistol squat - Shrimp squat - Sissy squat - Reverse nordic curl - Dragon squat - One leg sissy squat _(as far as I know, nobody has done a full free one leg sissy squat, so here's your challenge)_ .
Yeah, there's a LOT of leg exercises in calisthenics, and I only wrote the harder ones. Plus, with reverse nordics, and other squat variations, balance isn't an obstacle and you can easily add weights.
How do you add weights on reverse Nordics? I already almost fall over.
Theres a few videos that I'll link, I'm trying to get all those skills in leg calisthenics
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@@JasonAizatoZemeckis I think UA-cam tends to not show comments with links unless the uploader approves them specifically.
All of those require tremendous balance. You’re just silly
so why aren’t we training for stability&balance?
why don’t we want to be more mobile and flexible ? that’s real strength
why be muscular, but stiff and fragile?
there are better exercises for mobility and flexibility like dynamic stretches, and resistance band movements. Training with lifts that are unstable are only going to make you more sustainable to injury
@@insertname8811 yea but why not take them on your usual weightlifting?
preach brother!
So that means, even if You will train hella strong leg, You will be very easy target to overthrown compare to someone who train pistol squat. Balance is everything!
This guy gets it
People are confused and brainwashed about exercise, sadly. This kind of approach seems more for body building, not fitness and health.
Naw, put two people in a wrestling match. One can do insane hack reps and weights - one can do insane numbers of pistols. Assuming equal levels of skill, I know who's gonna be on their ass
For me pistol squat is the only exercise that make me escape the chicken leg realm. And yes, the balancing problem but only when I start adding weights over 30kg and not because of heavy added load but the sheer size of the weight affecting body balance.
THE CHICKEN LEG REALM 😂😂😂 must be hellish beign surrounded by chicken legs
I think you need to train balance to failure safely as well though if you dnt want to limit your muscular power
So I'd say I disagree with them being a short term option. I think they are a long term necessity, with progressive overload in the form of harder balancing forms
I just noticed how for pistol squats balance is communicated as down point while for ring dips, instability is communicated favorably.
That being said pistol squats seem like one-arm pushups in that they are hard versions of basic exercises and progressive load is more difficult due to instability.
The dofference is that on dips it isn't balance, is a lack of development in some stabiliser muscles, that you can improve with rings. In pistol squats, it's actually balance and not stability that lacks
Don't you need to be stable in order to be balanced?
@@78supergood well in a sense, but in a pistol squat it's more your core and maybe ankle that need to be stable (as to keep your mass centered and stuff), and it's already their function and they do it all the time, your leg doesn't gain much by that instability, but with the rings its another thing I feel like, but idk I might be just wrong,
@@FranciscoJose-cu1jj Ah I see. So different muscles may be more responsible for stability for pistol squats unlike rings which use the same muscles for strength and stability.
One has just enough instability to be useful for muscle growth while the other one doesn't.
Depends on the goal. Usability or sheer size? Balance is functional, size is aesthetic.
Mario gonna have a beef with him soon💀
Who cares about that clown?
😂😂😂😂
Yeah 💀
I knew he was for real the moment I saw Eugene Teo training him in that clip 😂
I got lower back spasms doing pistol squats with incorrect form. Never slouch your back while performing this movement. Always keep it upright like he's showing here. Hope no one goes through months of physio therapy sessions like i did. Peace.
You sholda try mabu, to gongu to pubu if pistol squat wrecking you.
@@KenjiDev i had no idea what those movements are. Turned out its a stance positions. By the way, my back got immensely better after doing full range slow regular squats. I'll definitely add this to my routine. Thanks alot man.
@@nonexistent944 IT is horse stance and two more movments for legs from kung-fu. Cheers!
@@KenjiDev can you share any link to videos of showing those movements? It would be helpful.
@@nonexistent944 there you go, complite training for one week:
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The Yusuke Urameshi squat
mario said free weights are better than machines 🔥
Try doing a pistol squat on an upside-down Bosu ball; the goal IS strength-with-balance! Not just one or the other. Even partial one-legged squats like this are helpful for technical trail runs on uneven surfaces.
Function.
The instabuility is what gets trained, since it is caused by underdeveloped small muscules, which will get developed through that kind of exercise, albeit starting from something easier first
I feel the ability to do Pistols is a great demonstration of Strength and difficult for some as a method to obtain it. Which surprised me that Daniel uses Pistols right off the bat in his Limitless Legs Program.
Its hard for him to relate to the normie😅
The main goal of pistol squats is to develop your balance. How well you can balance as you age is one measurement of health and longevity.
Oh then I'll be dead and buried at 25 I guess because I'm 18 and can't walk in a straight line lol
Instability forces you to train balance and balance is key for many athletic movements , Football , Martial Arts , and can prevent injuries placing your foot on an unstable surface in a bad angle .
Imo, adding weights make the balancing EASIER. When you have a dumbbell in each hand, it makes it a lot easier to stabilize your weight.
Of course, you will reach a point where the dumbbells get so heavy that it becomes hard to balance again, but at that point you have already become freakishly strong.
Put your back to the wall and try to pistol squat. That's a different challenge for your quads.
When you do from 0-5: it's for strength, 5-20: muscle growth, above that, it's endurance and stamina training
Totally agree.
To improve the series of pistol squats I lightly grab another surface for support, with one or two fingers maximum, to make sure I don't cheat and lift my weight with my arm.
I know I'm taking away an important part of the exercise, such as the work of the stabilizer muscles, but it's better to feel the quadriceps.
thats what i did during lockdown wen the gyms were closed; i lightly grabbed something with one hand couple fingers and eventually worked upto 40lbs vest and 50lbs db on the other hand and my squats/etc acutally went up wen the gyms reopened
@@funniejooniejoun3913 That's great bro
ohhhh that on the knees good morning looks great to do while my achilles is bothering me
For legs, I like hiking up mountains with a 50 lb backpack
You should talk about the superiority of sprinting for developing lower body
But what about wall pistol squat or any assisted pistol squat? Like free handstand push ups are difficult as well because of balance, however wall handstand push ups are still good for hypertrophy.
The problem I find is the over-emphasis of strength over various other factors such as flexibility, stability and being able to move well.
Sure, getting stronger is a good thing, but your overall flexibility is just as important later on in life.
I was abroad for 10 weeks and only did pistol squats. I worked up to doing 7x7 alternating between legs without pause. When I went back to back squats, I felt increased explosive sttength out of the bottom. Strength is strength. I think pistol squats are a great exercise, especially for high volume
I stopped pistol squats few months ago cuz i hate the stability factor I now do Bulgarian split squats and squats with 30 kg
I love that shit man the balancing part is the easy part and the fun part but my problem is doing in general lmfao, lol. lmfao, lol.
Calisthenic leg day is entirely possible with a bicycle. 🙌🏽
........ wouldn't that be a machine?
@@farstrider79 I’m not sure it counts, you’re moving degrees of your body weight, not adding a considerable amount more.
my problem is not balance but ankle flexibility, thats why i put my ankle in some support to do them inclined
My right knee gets dislocated after doing few reps of pistol squats, since it is required to go deep during perfomance of this exercise...How to continue doing pistol squats under such circumstance?
Use a dumbbell for stability
It depends on your goal. I like training strength and balance. However, I think pistol squats are more representative of those skills than a vehicle to get you across the finish line.
Also flexibility, not just balance. Pistol squat for life! You require an already strong core (abs and lower back) also.
Add weight or simply as a warm up if you are advamced.
Maybe because I didn't do a ton of progression work on these but I don't know how people do them it feels like my knee is going to explode when I try to go down. And that's when I was in really good shape and could do tons of one-legged step ups and squats/ lunges. I think I heard somewhere one-legged movements are not even ideal and that efficacious because you can just get as much work done with both legs and then you're not getting hip displacement.
Balance is important just as strength is.
I did piston squat carrying a 20kg child
If only my mobility allowed me to get that low
True, I can do about 8-10 pistol squats per leg but every time I’ve tried to actually incorporate it in my training I hurt my knees somehow because I’m too unstable
17:42 You don’t need to go into classics to test decks. You can use the 1 v 1 mode in the events tab.
Problem is you aren’t doing it plyometrically. If you keep with only body weight, plyometric is necessary to continue development.
That's why bulgarians are the superior squat.
Lol: 'a masochistic désire for high rep training'. Gave me pause 🤔
This is true for every calisthenics exercise, eventually
I honestly don't think people do pistol squat for hypertrophy. I was only doing it to train my balance. That's it.
Try doing a pistol squat on an upside-down Bosu ball; the goal IS strength-with-balance! Not just one or the other. Even partial one-legged squats like this are helpful for technical trail runs on uneven surfaces.
Function. Form. Usable strength.
What about jumping exercises? Sprinting builds muscles in the legs as well
Cycling and walking are boss also 👌
Legend 💚
Just grab on to something like stairs or a table while doing them
I train movements not muscles. Hack squat strength doesn't translate outside the gym but barbell and pistol squats do.
Yes. You are training balance and coordination above muscular hypertrophy. I fail to see the issue.
Because there are many ways to train balance and coordination, while there are fewer ways to train strength and hypertrophy. Balance and coordination are much more domain specific - an ice skater and a motorcyclist and a basketball player all need balance and coordination, but in very different ways. Having a strong bilateral (or stable unilateral) squat will generalize across more domains of activity than being able to do lots of pistol squats. Also critically, hacks and barbell squats load the legs and the torso, while pistols do not load the torso any more significantly than an unloaded bilateral squat. If you're really so desperate to compromise your strength training by layering balance on top of it, just hang your plates from bands
How to grow calfs
The other problem with pistol squats is that they can lead to serious injury unless executed with perfect form. And because they are demanding, few people can maintain perfect form...
please calf injury videos
Any athlete needs to learn and maintain the ability to do the pistol squat even if you progress better with the barbell, the hack is more useful for bodybuilders but has little transfer to other movements
Is that Terrence Teo in the background? Nice to see him appreciating your hack squat effort!
Plyometrics work perfectly well for my legs
I just do 8 sets of pistol squats, lather i do My training for the split
Fantastic you look great I love seeing how your body look working out it incredible you the Man😊❤
I mean... yes, but healthwise it is a very good idea to train that balance and it is a good idea to walk over uneven ground, swim once in a while, stuff like that to train all those little muscles, that might not be visible, but often lead to pain if neglected.
I actually can do pistol squats but only with a plate under my heel. I can’t do Asian squat either, my ankles just can’t bend that much. When I was playing volleyball it is crucial for players to strengthen their ankles to prevent injuries so I did, but is there an effective way I can have my ankles become flexible?
In climbing pistol squats are KING. They have their place. there's NO PROBLEM with pistol squats. you can add weight and balancing with additional weight is completely attainable. Pistol squat for mobility and balance and strength through range
"force is meaningless without skill" lee sin
Which is why you should work on skills with the focus and energy they deserve, not try to cram all attributes into a single movement that develops everything poorly.
*Bulgarian Split-Squats have entered the chat*
No variation of a squat will ever beat a backloaded barbell squat
Anybody ever tried sissy squats on a hack machine?
They definitely workaround the balancing limitation of that movement.
You’ve just got to be careful and progress up to it safely first with regular sissy squats, unless you want to just dive in and rupture a tendon 🤷🏻♂️ like I did with pelican curls
I really struggle to hack squat to failure. I've been doing sets at 310kg. I don't really want to fail with that much weight on it.
I like the hack squat machine best.
Awesome video explaining good, bad and options to be successful
Pistol squats are nice for me with my broken Tibia to train my balance at least.
Balancing on pistol squats becomes easier when you do it with weights. It's easier for me to pistol squat with 24 kg in one hand rather than weight free
Pistol squat is a combination of strength, stability, flexibility and mobility all things that a athlete possess. Traditional machine training is going to put glamor muscle and strength and that's it.
What about assisted pistol squats?
Just remember to warm up properly before doing these 🕺🏼
I can easily balance on one leg for minutes, but don’t have enough strength to do one.
Everytime I do hack squats I buggar up my low back. For some reason .
Bro is the only calstinic athlete who trains legs on the internet respect 🙏
I live in the country and weights are expensivo so it is weighted pistol squats for me
Using machines for squats isn't the same as bar or bodyweight, with actually using stablizers for functionality
I am not a body builder, i dont need huge legs. Also i am not doing leg days only full body three times a week. So this is a Problem i will never face😉
If you are having difficulty in balancing the body while soing pistol squats.
Then isn't it why you are training? To imrove balance with strength right?
I can safely do 3x6 reps of pistol squats on each leg. Did shrimp squats for a long time and then -boom - one day I found out I could do pistols.
I don't have machines at my disposal, sadly. I do body weight movements in slow motion, Bulgarian split squats with weights and front + back squats in rotation. Still not with a lot of weight because I'm working out alone at home, but it's enough for me.
Masochistic desire for high reps....yeah, my friends look at me like a madman when I say I do 1000 reps on calisthenics leg day
I think the calisthenics equivalent for legs is sprinting and jumping
Stupid bodybuilders call stability a limiting factor for muscle growth, guess what gives stability? Muscles, you have stabilising muscles for a reason so why neglect them with a terrible hack squat when you can do a regular barbell back squat
L take
@@vsauce6664 ok fatty
Alex leonidas said it best. Barbell squats are weighted calisthenics.
That sissy squat in the end was gold
Hack squats are an inefficient movement and overly stress the knees. You’re better off using a smith machine. Ask Mike mentzer
Stability *is* strength tho :^) if you're not stable you're not truly strong you just have a couple of specific muscles that are well developed but a bunch of atrophic ones
Besides the point of calisthenics is not hypertrophy, it's real usable strength
It is almost as if some exercise's are meant to improve balance and not to build mass.
You are an authority; however, I am not so sure about the machine hack squat. I guess it depends on your goal. If athleticism and injury prevention are objectives, I feel some stability challenge is not such a bad thing. My inability to perform a pistol, points out the many range of motion problems I possess.
My leg days have mostly been body weight.
Because I’m heavy Af.
Dand, pull ups and baithak is all you need.
why instability? weak stabizer muscles?
Is balance about the strength of the stabilizing muscles? Apparently not