Learn Pistol Squats! (Best Drills To Get Pistols)

[@WODprep]

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[@chrisrobson2203]

Great video! I'm working on single leg pistols from seated on box but I'm going add the ideas on this video too.

[@chris_harshbarger]

Thank you WODprep for the timeless info!! 20.4 here we go

[@andersemil5541]

Fucked up my knees really bad 4 years ago doing pistols ... took me 9 months to get back in the game. Word of warning!

[@lydiajkessi3128]

What happened

[@zehravigna4873]

Can you explain how you got well ?

[@FitDadJake]

Great video guys!

[@Fattyfatskates]

Awesome, love the box exercises. It's like baby steps. I can do pistol squats pretty easily on my right leg but not even close on my left leg! I'm super imbalanced. I'll be using these exercises to get my left leg stronger to improve my figure skating. It's definitely a sport where you have to be able to pistol squat on both legs! Thank you for the tips!!

[@WODprep]

Definitely! Hope they help you even it out!

[@mate6587]

Same!!!! Easily on my right leg but my left was pretty weak. Cant go up nor go down properly

[@lydiajkessi3128]

My left leg is stronger

[@JeffPorterDigitalSignage]

Sorry Ben...you missed one important aspect of the pistol for the older athlete...being able to bend over at the hip enough to balance! It's called OLD MAN disease! :-) My dorsiflection at the ankle is surprisingly good and single leg strength is pretty good too. Reaching out to grab your toe at the bottom of a pistol??? I'm at least 12" away from doing that. My workout partner tried to push on my back to get me in the correct position at the bottom of a pistol. I just don't bend that way. Same reason I suck at T2B BTW. The only way I've found to compensate is to hold a light KB or DB out in front of me as I go down as a counter balance. (which of course makes the movement even harder!) Or often I'll just grab onto a band hanging from pullup bar. Neither of which are acceptable standards. Oh well...started this great hobby a little too late in life. But keep up the great video tips!!

[@chalked_confused]

Strength is my issue, I can get down okay but I have difficulty pushing back up

[@MrTibbs]

I start from the bottom to push up

[@inazuma3gou]

Strength, balance, and mobility are limiting my ability to do pistol squats. Great video!

[@axellampe3865]

thank you, this will help me to improve

[@summersoul1410]

Hi guys could share the dimensions of the boxes especially the smaller one. Thanks

[@jasongoodman3546]

Please time stamp at the beginning of your drills cuz your intro is long. Thank you.

[@CamiTSky]

I had to do the step-downs and dead stop step-ups in physical therapy. They suck; which means they work :D

[@MahadyutiSwami]

Brilliant! Thank you! :)

[@lemonmochi8669]

love this channel!!

[@ernestosideregts206]

Do you have a pistol program?

[@zerotres]

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[@FilipeMarques]

Nice tips! 🇧🇷

[@marcus_ohreallyus]

There's something you missed...hip and ankle mobility. Without those two things, a pistol squat will never happen.

[@mystorey6666]

Hey guys love the vids , i have an ankle impingement from the talas bone which is causing my dorsiflexion to be very bad , is there Anyway around this or I’m never ever able to do pistols ?

[@WODprep]

Hey! Here is what WODprep's PT has to say... Try working banded posterior distraction while sitting over a bent knee. Also, try spending time in a single leg loaded squat position - time under tension is going to be key. Below are some examples of drills you can try - instagram.com/p/BcBa6D_l9Dd/?igshid=5g0663nk2rgc instagram.com/p/BanN9-RlLqU/?igshid=1ed153fw7ny33 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2KqoomJmpWaj6M Hope this helps!

[@leakyassassin8874]

uhm.. not functional? It's literally stabilizer core balancing. It's the best quad workout you can do for working on core balance. If your knees can't take it, then fine, don't do it. But if they can and you can't do them. Then work on them until you can.

[@kiranjangda7167]

does core strength have anything to do with it?

[@zehravigna4873]

In my opinion NO.

[@cristobal.palmero4919]

Pistols are great for the knees

[@44mory]

the guy who cant do a pistol, teaching pistols, wtf

[@orsygodri1155]

Those did not look like pistols. From what I have seen your ass needs to be below your knee. This was more like a single leg squat.

[@lydiajkessi3128]

I wanna learn pistol like there is something I wanna prove to myself

[@hansramaekers8495]

dont learn pistols if you dont really have to.... aaah il be good. *20.4 comes around* AAAAAAH

[@charlotteazzopardi5538]

😂😂😂

[@Daveylions]

You know right. When i see 20.4 I was like fuuuuccck

[@VianetAgu18]

So I bought this girl a workout tip guide to grow the booty and she has pistols squats and single leg sits on this workout guide. But you're saying that this is only for competition and sport strength, so my question is does this pistols really do anything for the butt?

[@VianetAgu18]

By the way I really liked your explanation of this pistol workout. 👌👍

[@patrickduff805]

Hi , i have problem with my hips when i go down. I cant go down its very painful. Can you helo. Thanks

[@lotsatrix]

I do like he cheap, scumbag move of putting the woman in the thumbnail.