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Assisted pistol squat
Difficulty Squats
How to perform it
Pistol squat with support (TRX/door frame), your arms take part of the load off β quads and glutes. A pistol squat regression for practice before the full version, on the ladder alongside the box variant.
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Equipment
No equipment (bodyweight)
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- Biceps
- Forearm flexors
- Front delts
- Gluteus maximus
- Gluteus medius
- Rectus abdominis
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus lateralis
- Vastus medialis
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Exercise family Β· pattern: Squats
1 family Β· 6 variationsDifficulty
- Counterbalance box pistol squat
- Assisted pistol squatCurrently viewing
- TRX pistol squat
- Box pistol squat
- Pistol squat
- Weighted pistol squat
Difficulty describes how demanding the execution is. It is not a recommended training order.