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Counterbalance box pistol squat
Difficulty Squats
How to perform it
Pistol squat with a weight in your hands (counterbalance) and sitting down onto a box (limited range). Combines two regressions β for complete pistol squat beginners. Differs from the assisted pistol squat by adding the box, and from the box pistol squat by adding the counterbalance.
Equipment
- Bench press bench / Plyo boxMachine
- Dumbbells / KettlebellFree weight
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 squatCurrently viewing
- Assisted pistol squat
- 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.