How to do PISTOL SQUATS |Beginner's GUIDE to the most ICONIC SQUAT|

[@2.0C]

It’s been a year since i have succeeded my first Pistol squat! That was 4 weeks after i’ve joined Primal Athlete!!

[@Strengthside]

George crushed the Primal Athlete... check out his channel ^^^^

[@alennik141]

George,you are a legend! I was so jealous of your handstand!!! Hello from Ireland ;)

[@2.0C]

@@Strengthside thx bro 🙏🙏❤️

[@2.0C]

@@alennik141 🙏❤️❤️

[@spicarising]

Pretty sure I sprained my back working with steel/building houses. Add muscle imbalance on top of that... ultimately led to a perpetual tweaky lower back. Yoga irritated it, targeted stretching irritated it, being on my feet for long periods of time sometimes irritated it. Qigong saved me. It VERY slowly, VERY gently built some strength and spine nimbleness that I was lacking over the course of 2 months. Then I found you. 4 months into calisthenics and my back is a dream. I feel strong! I can do yoga and challenging core exercises! Really, this is the strongest I've ever been. So grateful to have found y'all ❤

[@keithdavis8461]

Was there any program you used?

[@Strengthside]

I've also had a lot of success with Qiqong.... nothing like slow movement connected to the breath :)

[@spicarising]

@@keithdavis8461 Holden Qigong was my fave. He does a two week free trial on his site. The way he teaches made it easy to remember and do movements on my own. I also like Nick Loffree. He integrates more strength building. Both are on KZbin.

[@samboriboun2213]

I can do half a squat

[@heidi3307]

Hi! I just wanted to add that sometimes stretching is not the key since the muscle is already over stretched. Mobility (which this essentially is) can be beneficial as you said. Great to hear about the progress!

[@leagallahan8522]

So inspirational to hear about everyone's journey! I had ACL replacement and patella surgery almost 8 months ago. ( I had ACL and meniscus surgery on my other knee 14 years ago). Two days ago I accomplished a 10 mile trail run/ hike. I feel so accomplished and grateful for the surgery opportunity and for my body to keep improving even through all the recovery. Nothing feels more impowering than being in control of your physical body and mind!

[@dylancavins5849]

I was having lower back pain everyday at 18 and I knew something was wrong and I had to do something so I decided to look up yoga and stretch routines and tried some but then came across yours . This one where you read a book to start it and a guided meditation to end it. I started doing that every day . Then I got into your other videos . Now not only am I free of physical pain but I’m in great health and do all kinds of stretches and body weight exercises. Thanks for this video I’m gonna work on getting this pistol squat now

[@jonrobbin170]

That video and the 15 min one that ends with crawling saved my life

[@GMC2001]

Dude, I started with your animal movements, and I just love your stuff. Hoping to get a pistol squat this year. Thanks for all the work and advice. X

[@Strengthside]

you got this man!

[@mooncritter721]

I was a student of KUK SOOL WON Martial arts. One day the Grand master and his elites came to demonstrate. These guys did 100 pistol squats on each leg! It was crazy! They had tree trunks for legs! So much muscle it was scary! Don`t ever fight a black belt in KUK SOOL WON. THEY WILL KICK YOUR HEAD CLEAN OFF!

[@KhadijahJoySams93]

That art is cool😊

[@gregthompson9434]

Here’s something else I can get obsessed on til I master it 👍🏻

[@crev1018]

excited to see you get that one million gold plaque!

[@justinbrown6558]

This was fantastic! Such an excellent tutorial, thank you very much! 👌🏻👍🏻

[@dillbags809]

You have changed my life and gave me so much confidence in myself. Im working on this pistol squat it is very challenging but i love it!

[@woodfamily5229]

No, you're right, this is absolutely the best pistol squat video on KZbin. I feel like I will be getting it pretty soon because of this.

[@dominikar-p4876]

I rarely comment, but this video is the best! I've been trying do the pistol for some time with little success, but after the prep exercises I finally managed! It is far from perfect still but I'm pretty sure in a few weeks I'll be there! And I need it for figure skating 😃. Thanks!

[@keniyap8764]

Hey bro, I love all your videos. I have been working on my hand stand (based on your video) and then you throw this video into the mix! I am just blown away by the awesome information that you pack into them. Thanks so much and keep them coming! 🔥🔥🔥

[@muendel100]

So good that you speak about the preparations !! Thanks a lot !

[@rdg665]

Was waiting for a pistol squat tutorial for so long

[@pennynewman4475]

I absoulately love you guys, please keep doing what your doing you so inspire me. Penny 🇬🇧 xx

[@irelandforever5620]

You should make a video of you doing the Russian squat dance in slow motion.

[@amandacourteaux4587]

Love that u went hiking in Austin. Just went visit my son in Georgetown (not far from there). Anyway, I broke my back (T10, T11, T12) jumping off a cliff. Now I have a humpback. But still push daily 😉

[@IreneJohanna]

I hurt my knee while hiking, it's been weaker ever since. That's actually why I want to learn a pistol squat! To help me with strength and balance, for good hiking technique so I won't hurt myself again

[@ebenezersureshworkaccount8947]

My way of learning from this video is to watch the entire video on 2x speed first to get an idea of what to expect, then at the gym watch the individual sections of the exercises as outlined by KZbin and then perform them at the gym.

[@alantay9409]

Awesome amount of progression in minute steps! Thank you for an excellent video!

[@martialaw566]

been doing assisted pistol squats for a bit and definitely need to work on dorsi flexion and negatives. thank you for the detailed progression + protective movements/positions to reduce joint stress

[@crev1018]

bilateral avascular necrosis of hips is my ongoing disease/injury :/ had surgery on both last year and havent been the same since. im a ballet and bboy dancer, was 145 lbs and completely ripped at the beginning of 2020 and now im 175 which is the heaviest ive ever weighed and havent been able to dance since before the surgeries. also dealing with chronic low back, shoulder and neck pain on the right side! life has been brutal but ive become much more mentally strong because of it. hoping ill be able to start dancing and jumping again soon

[@normgillespie4201]

Remember doing duck walk 40 yrs ago at Tai Kwan Do. 66 yrs yng, balance/squats/body blade, killing it but feel my age occasionally. Thanks bro

[@chrisfrederick7283]

Great tutorial. Took me years to master the pistol squat. These tips would have sped up my time significantly.

[@pawelrozum2759]

thank you, great tutorial...let 's go 💪

[@kingjondalar4650]

Yep.. Its certainly up there with the best of the pistol squat tutorials 👍

[@IdaiMakayaPublications]

This is a really good tutorial. Best one I've seen on KZbin 👍

[@glum_hippo]

Best pistol squat video

[@Filip-ci3ng]

best tutorial

[@DocHoss]

Thank you for the video, your tips and advice is greatly appreciated.

[@camrendez]

I have been working pretty physical jobs over the last five years. Muscle imbalance and general physical neglect definitely didn't help. I ended up pushing a disc out in my lower back one evening. The morning after I could barely stand. The daily pain was intense. I was seeing a handful of doctors and physical therapists to do anything and everything to avoid surgery. It seemed like an endless amount of basic workouts and stretching three times a day. Now I'm the "weird" guy stretching at lunch. After two months the pain was continuing to affect work. At this point I was ragged and falling apart and also started seeing a psychiatrist. Added a complete diet change and gradually more intense daily cardio over a month. Already cut out booze due to the medication and now barley any sugar for inflammation reduction. Finally started getting noticable pain reduction and improvement in endurance. Almost five months in and the pain is almost gone. Mostly just stiff now. I'm still a long way from were I want to be physically. The mental improvement over the last month has been the biggest win for me so far. I'm also so excited that we started doing dead lifts during the most recent PT session. Looking forward to feeling strong again. This channel has been a huge inspiration. So much great information. Keep spreading the love.

[@Todrianth]

I trained 2 years of athletics(for long jump), then gave up, paused for 6 months and started to do the same training by myself. After a totally normal (before) hill sprint I felt like a pop in the back of my left heel. Didn’t hurt almost at all then, but after months of continuing training I was starting to feel more and more pain in the back of the heel (at the insertion). Paused 6 weeks cuz went to doctor which btw didn’t see any injury just gave me ibuprofen and said no sports for 6 weeks. Did that, resumed my training, same pain no change. After that I didn’t made any hill sprints but just did other stuff from my training. There was less pain but still was there. Fast-forward 14 years later, I still have that pain, and no amount of rest (even did a 6 month total pause from any running exercise one time) would help heal the heel. Meanwhile, a small bumb formed at the back if the heel (insertion) and now at 34 if I don’t do a 45 min stretching be it yoga or front splits or something to stretch the left leg I can’t run sometimes even limping when walking. I gave up on doctors long time ago cuz every time I go there, they give me ibuprofen and say to rest and that never worked. So I just think for myself what to do now. Only thing that worked are daily long stretching and just running max 2 times per week. If I sprint is like no sports with my legs for 2 weeks. So I donno what solution you can give me but, I searched hundreds of youtube videos by now on physical therapy and none of the exercises work, they make things worse. Only thing that work is some kind of front split stretch and yoga for overall flexibility. My second injury if from my performance as a martial artist(amateur). Been training karate by myself in air for the last 12 years almost everyday then went to my old sensei (which I had when I was a kid) and he held some hand pads to kick at. In one session I’ve dislocated my SI Joint (self-diagnosed) which was, ironically on the same left leg with heel problem. The pain is in the lower back (small bone/cartilage bump where I think the SI joint is) and 1 year have passed and still dull pain there sometime stiffness. I can’t do cat cow pose cuz it hurts badly. So even though I still train in the air that leg is basically compromised for real use in a fight and a small pop can be felt when I kick at certain angles. I’m thinking of going to chiropractor to un-dislocate(i don’t know the word sorry 😆) my Si joint and put it back again. I want to hear if you know any healing for this problem cuz for the heel I’ve kinda lost all hope but the back seems repairable. PS. Yoga help alot for SI joint pain reduction and for being able to train almost daily full blast in air (not if I hit bag or hard pads with that leg) but still no total heal. Hope these suggestions help…Thanks!

[@clarencegarraway8245]

Thank you this video has helped so much,hurt both knees,before however I used to be able to do a pistol squat ,but with your tutorial video,along with another one I am making gradual progress 😉💥👍👍💯

[@Hdkagxkhs]

Thanks

[@MMM-nx8jl]

Thank you

[@namoverma2535]

Love u bro. You are great . This is.really helpful .I always fall down when I am at down ..still practicing .and I get pain in knees after trying this ..hope I will be successful one day..

[@rsmith7292]

Great Video! working out a "weirdness" in my right knee (soreness not pain), believing that my body will heal itself. Thanks!

[@Strengthside]

I believe it will with some love

[@ksinghay5]

I agree that is the best tutorial. Thank you

[@veramartinez-sr8cp]

Thank you , I hope to do my first Pistol after follow all your tips 🙏💚

[@derekcamarota401]

Well done! Thanks! Got get that LS SS T!!!!

[@BiblicalGrowthMindset]

Inspired to try these and hopefully get that pistol squat! Great video and love the JBP reference!

[@4000angels]

Another awesome video as always. Thank you.

[@agustinbianchini7155]

Ey Josh, excellent video as always!! great organization for such a complex movement. By the way I would add to the list some active and passive forward fold mobility/flexibility, I used to have reaaaally stiff hamstrings so that is what i had to focus more on. Cheers mate, gratefull always for your content.

[@nameisamine]

This video is firrrree! pistol squat here i come!

[@Andrefa75]

This video is sooo good! Thank you!

[@conradheadley1251]

So in terms of injury, I strongly recommend the use of acupuncture . acupuncture can speed up the healing process .

[@amac333]

JP would be proud

[@normanquednau]

As to injurys, bro… I have this nasty golfers elbow. Contracted last summer doing pullups and climbing. Its f*cking chronic… So cool video, dope editing! You guys are really … how would you say?… DOPE. On the way to 1 million subs!

[@MrKwixset]

tennis elbow. Chronic. Wont go away! I used to go to the gym 3-4 days a week. I hurt it initially doing cable facepulls with a rope that was too short. my elbows were bent too acute, at about 45 degrees instead of 90 like when you use 2 ropes the right way. Anyway i thought it would go away on its own after a week or so. It wasn't particularly painful. Just annoying. But over 2 months it just got worse and worse. So i stopped working out. That was 8 months ago. Still exactly the same now. Hurst to pick up a cup of water in the morning from the side of the bed with a straight arm. Recently i decided to start working out again, just doing legs. But even holding a dumbbell to do goblet squats, or holding one with that arm to do Bulgarian split squats irritated it. That's what brought me to the pistol squat! It is very annoying that I can't do pull ups anymore, which was my favorite thing to do.

[@FluksWorkouts]

This one was great!

[@AlerieHightower]

I don't know that I'll ever be able to achieve this at 56 with my very damaged, unstable knees, but I'm going to try to build up to it.

[@nickvandersluys92]

Great exercise 💪🏼

[@dennisrobinson8008]

This is good work

[@bryanbyamungu9891]

Much love josh🇿🇦

[@tedtumasz1661]

Your back is soooo straight in the bottom portion of the pistol squat. Good form dude

[@Strengthside]

Thanks man it's taken a long time to get there!

[@Roboc00p]

Great Video 👍

[@AjaychinuShah]

Great idea nation. Pistol squatting in Bill Gates favorites books in Florida too. Mindangeli

[@vilmabarrantesguerrero2695]

Fabolous 💪💪💪!!!!

[@dani-88]

My babygirl’s name is Shiloh, too!🥰🐶❤️

[@utopiaecohotel8028]

Amazing thanks for this video:) you give me so much motivation

[@anneka8499]

super cool!

[@coldblood7429]

Liked commented subscribed 😉

[@jmac275]

Lost lowerleft leg traumatic amputation when hit by a drunk driver. Went under his truck and he kept driving breaking more bones, puncturing both lungs from breaking all ribs, traumatic brain injury requiring 68 staples to close, left hip socket crushed requiring 3 ops and plates. Meanwhile my leg up the street and cop thinks I'm dead so phones DA for vehicle homicide. One witness crawls under otherside discovers blood barely coming out so heart, now enlarged, says I am alive. Other stuff but sent me to trauma center immediate 3.5 liters of blood back in, almost all gone. Bottom line 2.5 years later with running blade did level 2 Spartan race and was good with my buddy pushing me. Had to have the knee replaced a few months later then 14 more months the other. Now trying to get flex back. Oh and 3 shoulder ops most recent 1 yr ago, that has really been a challenge and but I'm not quiting! Also I'm now 69yrs old.

[@scrolls9375]

This squat is my kryptonite 🥺

[@GabrielCarvv]

It's one of the hardest variations I think!

[@Strengthside]

you got it bro :)

[@scrolls9375]

@@Strengthside i appreciate the support 🙏

[@eko653]

THAT'S THE WAY BRO!!!!!

[@Sean-xr1xj]

Damn I found most of these quite easy except for that front kick haha. Can barely hold my leg at 90 degrees for more than a couple seconds, and there's burning in my hip I think? My hip flexibility must be awful, think that's my main issue with pistol squats, I struggle with hanging leg raises as well

[@Strengthside]

Most people never train their hip flexors. It’s a huge opportunity for growth.

[@samboriboun2213]

I taught myself to go down straight and my belly should touch my knees now i can do it,better way to explain that way because im always falling back because my back was going down on a 90degree angle wrong way...this way works without bending over

[@AFIMilano]

I like all what you teach us, I feel so grateful to come cross with your performance. But in this video why you were different colour of sock 🧦??😂

[@ghaliahnanya3712]

Love this video! Please do you have an ideal duration or number of repetitions for these workouts? (Including the warmup)

[@mxaguila]

Where in Austin did you go hiking?

[@IshowmomentsSpeed]

Bro I'm in year 7 and I need to do this for health education.

[@barry.anderberg]

I keep clicking JOIN THE WAITLIST on your Primal Athlete page and I can't tell if I'm joining it or not, it just takes me to a different page where I can join the waitlist.

[@mr_easy]

I got an injured left shoulder, while practicing hand stand.. and it still pains after an year whenever I try to lift something heavy. Haven't learnt handstand since then.

[@nirav6278]

Great video! Thanks for inspiring and motivating. Where do I get the tee that you are wearing ?

[@Dobermanedit]

Super vedio 👌

[@StrainXv]

When I see you doing squats I notice your calf muscle almost looks curved inward, I'm trying to build up my flexibility as a middle aged man who used to be in great shape when in the Military, but I let myself go once I got out. My calves pretty big and I'm wondering if I can even get to a pistol squat as my calfs aways feel like they are loaded or under pressure.

[@oliverjames9922]

Love you more !

[@malcolmkhummel3]

His left leg must be incredibly strong.

[@trantriquang99]

Is it correct that I should traing both legs with each movement ?

[@doktora9292]

What about varicose veins?

[@silvepereira9221]

Oh my God You are really great

[@2hours118]

Why wasn’t this taught in school. No cap life would of been better I feel so behind lol

[@nosc0pe]

I have achieved duck run🦆

[@a.b.1184]

This is gonna be my goal for new years eve and I will follow this guide. Would you say that is doable for someone fairly untrained? could you give some type of schedule? Thanks!

[@Strengthside]

Start with the beginning exercises I showed for 6-8 weeks. Then move into pistol training

[@a.b.1184]

@@Strengthside Thanks ALOT! Highly appreciate it. My left (now healed) leg is sending you a salut and will tell you when I celebrate jan 1st :-)

[@primalperry5667]

I've been working on full squats but my knees have started cracking a lot. There's no real pain, should I push through or do some other variation or something?

[@adilsonmiranda3386]

Brasil!

[@suziealt6842]

Thank you! Pew Pew...

[@bryanbyamungu9891]

Knee injure also groin man

[@InfamousAustinT0]

Right now I'm currently dealing with what I believe is a pulled hamstring.

[@Strengthside]

Def give that some rest!

[@paweantoniewicz5897]

Estebario El Siberiano is doing pistol squads lol

[@narshijaa]

once i broke my neck ligaments at grappling

[@bassmafarissi2966]

👍🏻

[@shaolinshadowsoldier]

What's the tattoo on your right leg say?

[@Apeshower]

It’s Hash. But that’s his surname, not an advert…. 😵‍💫

[@shaolinshadowsoldier]

@@Apeshower Cheers buddy!

[@gabgn1m53]

9:40 is it a shout out to the book or a denigration of the book or neither ?

[@philincanada]

I hope it's the middle option.

[@gabgn1m53]

@@philincanada i would like to have your opinion

[@Strengthside]

Shout out for sure.

[@gabgn1m53]

@@Strengthside cool :)

[@philincanada]

@@gabgn1m53 Not cool for me, but I still appreciate Josh's work.

[@BTCSowhat]

If your tall w/ small feet 🦶 forget it.. just keep trying.

[@onecl1p]

Haha jokes on you i can do it

[@catherinenaylor3633]

Superb instructions and insight. Working away at pistols. Oooaft

[@hermes537]

ALLLLLLLLLLLLLWAYS INSPIRED...BY THE BROTHERS KARAMASOV

[@vinipenteado]

Thanks for this tutorial. After 5 months using your guide, I finally got to do the pistol squat!