[Closed] who here can do a pistol squat?

Nope, not possible/advisable with my meniscus damage and absense of ACL's

Can get down fully on my left leg, though getting up is a little trickier as my balance is terrible. Right leg is nowhere near as good due to a massive knee injury last year but is, according to my physio, better than most.

Can get down fully on my left leg, though getting up is a little trickier as my balance is terrible. Right leg is nowhere near as good due to a massive knee injury last year but is, according to my physio, better than most.

I'm the same. My right leg is far stronger but my left is a struggle

Not quite. I need a little bit of help from a box or something, then I can. I used to be able to when I was doing TKD, but then again, I was also 20 years younger and had not ruined my knees.

What's a pistol squat?

Nope, pressure through my ankles like that would definitely dislocate the left one, due to mashing it repeatedly in falls/crashes.

I'm too scared to try.

I did the SRT with a slight stumble back. Getting my work chums onto it. Can't get real low with the pistol squat.

hahahahaha

No

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Hell no, I weigh enough to make it very hard work for a single leg. It is a few months since I tried a free standing one though.

I can with some support on one hand, but that's more of a preparation for the proper pistol.

Saw James Woods I think it was (Olympic freeskier) on a video doing these with a weight on a balance board, show off!

I very much doubt it!!

Yup, no problem at all with the sitting/rising thing. Pistol squat stung my quads a bit, but then I'm a) doing it from cold, b) got DOMS from last night's gym session.

not even close.

I think I've tried it before and just managed it.

Getting up from cross legged is made harder than it was when I was a kid by simply being larger, it's harder to get my CoG over my feet than it was, I fall backwards unless I take a big swing forwards first.

Hang on...

No.

Really? Nae bother for a skinny wee chap like myself.

Not a chance, feels like my knee is going to explode. I wouldn't even say it's a muscular thing, it just feels like my leg can bend no further, I can't keep my knee over my toe enough.

Both those exercises are used in the yoga class I attended. The sitting rising bit is easy enough, pistol squats, I am ok on one side but find it harder on the other. It also depends how much riding i have done that week!

That shouldn't even be remotely difficult unless you have serious issues like missing ACL as mentioned above. Try 10 reps of that between 25m sprints as a relay to make it interesting. Group size for that exercise was just under 50, and all could do it.

Pistols are all about balance and proprioception - much more so than strength.

I used to do sets holding a barbell weight, even though I'm your classical roadie who looks like he's just been liberated from Auschwitz.

proprioception

Had to look that one up...

and no, last time I tried something like that I nearly blew my knee

Too much knee damage resulting in reduced flexibility. I can't get my legs far enough 'under' to push up. Pistol however is fine.

I can do the get up test no problem, I can't do a pistol squat without falling over, in fact, I can't squat anywhere near as low without weight as I can with it. I think my arse is too heavy and it pulls me over backwards.

Yay! Ok it took 3 goes lol fatso 🙁

Hang on...

These sorts of thigs you can train for / practice. Its quite unlikley that average perspn can just do this from scratch. Bit like Yoga moves the more you do them the better you'll get, combination of strength, flexibility and technique

I see your pistol squat and raise you a trebuchet flop..

Ah well, apparently not. Well, I'm sure I could but my knees immediately said "don't even think about it".

As for the sit/rise thing, that's OK. The trick is getting your weight well forward for the rise.

Me, I can, well, I could last night anyway. If I try it now I'm likely to split the trousers of my suit and get some very odd looks from the office.

I can't get very low on the pistol squat but I can do them (ish) both sides.

A few years ago I could get up from the ground like that (sit down with legs out in front, bend one leg so foot is sole down, rock forward and stand up). I'm not going to try now because I think it'll be depressing.

That shouldn't even be remotely difficult unless you have serious issues like missing ACL as mentioned above. Try 10 reps of that between 25m sprints as a relay to make it interesting. Group size for that exercise was just under 50, and all could do it.

How unfit/rubbish do we feel now 🙁

I am much disappointed. I was anticipating something along the lines of the Picolax thread..............

Perhaps more of a machine gun squat in that case, though.

Yay I can - must be all the standing on one foot I pretend is training whilst putting socks and shoes on (and off) 🙂

How unfit/rubbish do we feel now

me at the weekend*

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I can pistol squat with relative ease on my right leg, the left side is much more of an effort...something I need to getting working on.

yup. Just about. Could do it a lot easier a year or so ago when I was somewhat lighter and very much stronger.

Now, an L-sit - that's a different matter. Never got that, even at my fittest.

Used to be a typical challenge to people, I can do a set on each leg, balance and flexibility being more of an issue than strength. The sort of thing that gets significantly easier with a couple of attempts as you understand the different aspects.

Will have to try and sitting down/getting up again this evening.

Cheers, Rich