Assisted Pistol Squats
Trains the quadriceps, with help from the hamstrings and glutes. No equipment needed. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use Assisted Pistol Squats
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a quadriceps exercise that is, there are 16 on the Quadriceps page.
Muscles worked
What Assisted Pistol Squats trains
Technique
How to do Assisted Pistol Squats
- Stand upright while holding onto a sturdy equipment with both hands for balance. Extend one leg straight forward and keep it off the floor while the other leg remains on the floor.
- Lower yourself slowly by bending the standing leg at the hip and knee, keeping your chest up and your extended leg straight in front of you.
- Descend until your glutes are close to your heel and then push through the heel of your planted foot to return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired repetitions, then switch legs and repeat.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Lower yourself slowly and avoid collapsing at the bottom of the squat to avoid injury.
- Extend your non-working leg fully in front of you and keep it parallel to the floor.
- Use your arms only for assistance, not to pull yourself up or down.
Substitutes
Swap Assisted Pistol Squats for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run Assisted Pistol Squats for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.