Gymnastics

Pistol

Also known as: single-leg squat, pistol squat.

Movement patterns: squat · gymnastics

A single-leg squat to full depth with the non-working leg held straight out in front, then standing back up on the one leg, which demands significant single-leg strength and balance.

10 benchmarks use Pistol

20.4 21.QF2 22.QF2 Atalanta Chaos Maggie Mary Mary (2019 Games)The Cinco 1 Triple-G Chipper

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Movement data from the WodWiz Open WOD Database (CC BY 4.0).