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Performance Area => Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion => Topic started by: D-Rose Jr on May 02, 2011, 05:15:02 pm

Title: pistol squats
Post by: D-Rose Jr on May 02, 2011, 05:15:02 pm

i hear everywhere pistols are so great
but is it worth the time to learn how to do them if your a basketball player

Title: Re: pistol squats
Post by: creativelyric on May 04, 2011, 06:02:28 am

... Are pistols great? I dunno, seems like a waste of time if you already have access to a squat rack.

Title: Re: pistol squats
Post by: swans05 on May 04, 2011, 06:41:49 am

probably better as an assessment exercise then a strength/muscle building one

Title: Re: pistol squats
Post by: LBSS on May 04, 2011, 10:38:23 am

IME, they're fun and good for balance/stability. If you want to learn them, they're not going to hurt you. I don't know how being a basketball player has anything to do with it.

Title: Re: pistol squats
Post by: adarqui on May 04, 2011, 12:07:45 pm

if they don't bother you, then they can be a nice bodyweight exercises to get some kind of strength stimulus if you don't have access to weights.. if you have access to weights i'd stick with walking lunge/BSS/stepups.

i actually hurt my knee pretty bad doing full ROM pistols way back hah.

pc

Quote from: swans05 on May 04, 2011, 06:41:49 am

probably better as an assessment exercise then a strength/muscle building one

x2

Title: Re: pistol squats
Post by: D-Rose Jr on May 04, 2011, 02:48:22 pm

Quote from: LBSS on May 04, 2011, 10:38:23 am

IME, they're fun and good for balance/stability. If you want to learn them, they're not going to hurt you. I don't know how being a basketball player has anything to do with it.

You could spend your time on a bunch of other stuff