pistol squat with suspension strap
Adjust suspension straps to chest height, holding one handle in each hand. Stand facing the anchor point, shift your weight to one leg, and extend the other leg straight forward.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Focus Area
- Legs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Quadriceps
- Gluteus Maximus
Secondary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Calves
- Erector Spinae
- Rectus Abdominis
- Obliques
Target muscles
- legs
- glutes
- core
- hips
- back
How to perform
- 1
Adjust suspension straps to chest height, holding one handle in each hand.
- 2
Stand facing the anchor point, shift your weight to one leg, and extend the other leg straight forward.
- 3
Keeping your chest up and core engaged, slowly lower into a squat on your standing leg, using the straps for balance and assistance.
- 4
Descend as deep as comfortable, aiming to get your glutes close to your heel, while keeping the extended leg off the floor.
- 5
Drive through the heel of your standing foot, pulling with your arms as needed, to return to the starting position.
- 6
Repeat for desired repetitions before switching legs.
Safety & form
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