Technique
- Stand up straight with one foot flat on the floor and the other resting on a slider in front of you.
- Slowly lower yourself down, bending at the hip and knee.
- Pause in the bottom and smoothly bring your self back up.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Legs
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Progressions

Pistol squat
Intermediate

Weighted pistol squat
Intermediate
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