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Technique

  1. Stand on one leg on a Slant board.
  2. Perform a Pistol squat, lowering until your thigh touches your calf.
  3. Push through the slanted foot to return to the starting position.

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Form tips

  • Use the Slant board to assist with ankle mobility if needed.
  • Keep the non-working leg straight and lifted in front.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Pelvis

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Iliacus
  • Psoas major

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Equipment

Slant board
Slant board

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Kneeextension
Hipextension
trains stretches

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Variations

e07v

Pistol squat

Intermediate
e12a

Band-resisted pistol squat

Advanced
e14r

Weighted pistol squat

Intermediate
e0e5

Pistol squat with leg raise

Intermediate
e0ec

Foot-hold hand-assisted dragon squat

Intermediate
e16x

Rolling pistol squat

Intermediate
e19v

Partial one-leg sissy squat

Intermediate
e0fy

Wobble board pistol squat

Advanced
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