The following are just a small sampling of videos inside of The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Squats and Pistols 2.0. This is meant to give you a sneak peak of what you get inside. Module Zero aims to deliver some of the necessary ideas about bodyweight training in general. This …
Dragon Pistol Squat for Reps
This video showcases a recent PR in the dragon pistol squat for me. I hit twelve reps on each leg. Now, one thing I’ve noticed is I tend not to get too 100% depth when I’m working on reps. It’s close but not quite there. So I will be working …
Creating the 4-Way Squat…
For a long time, I thought of the pistol squat as pretty much the only one-legged squat. (There was the airborne lunge too…but back then, I looked at that as a lead-up move to the pistol squat.) But the Kavadlo brothers, Al and Danny, introduced me to some new moves. …
Beast Pistol Squat
I’ve done beast pistols before but this is the first time in a while. I was happy to be able to get a rep the first time I tried without it being too much of a struggle. Now, I’ll be working up to a few reps in this shortly. I’m …
Weighted Pistol Tips and Tricks
This weighted pistol tip can make a big difference in your ability to pull off the move, especially when going for a heavy weight. For those not familiar with it, the pistol is a one leg squat where the extra leg is held in front of you. It all depends …
Knee Shearing in Squats
Do you absolutely want to always avoid the knees going over the toes? Is it as bad as “they” say? (They being trainers, that are empty echo chambers of other trainers…without understanding WHY trainers say this in the first place.) With weighted squats, you generally do want to squat more …
Progressive Stand Up Challenges – Rollback Squats
This video is the second in a series of progressive stand up challenges, where I cover regressions and progressions to be able to do various bodyweight movements. If you missed the first video covering the cross leg sit to stand go here. This covers the rollback squat. The rollback squat …
4 Way One Leg Squat
The 4 Way One Leg Squat is the name for this challenging combination of four different types of one leg squats. The name is because the free leg goes in four different directions, in front, behind, to the side, and to the other side behind. This includes: Advanced Shrimp Squat …
How to do the Airborne Lunge
This video describes the basics of how to do the airborne lunge. I first read about this exercise in Pavel’s The Naked Warrior, but never really got into it, favoring the pistol squat instead. But recently I was reintroduced to this exercise by Max Shank and have been using is …