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TRX pistol squat

Difficulty Squats

How to perform it

Pistol squat while holding TRX straps, the upper body assisting on the way up – quads and glutes. Differs from the assisted pistol squat in the source of support (straps in the hands); a regression below the full version.

Equipment

  • TRX / Suspension trainer (TRX style) / Gymnastic ringsBodyweight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Biceps
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Gluteus medius
  • Lats
  • Rear delts
  • Rectus abdominis
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Vastus medialis

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