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#1 Exercise for Elite Athletic Performance

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#1 Exercise for Elite Athletic Performance

The #1 exercise for elite athletic sports performance is not your typical exercise you see in most gyms. It’s an exercise that combines strength, mobility, and stability all into one exercise! It’s also not an easy exercise to be able to master right away, that’s why many shy away from it but then you’re missing out on the ultimate athleticism builder! OK…any guesses yet? 😅

The Pistol Squat

Although it may seem like a simple exercise, it’s actually extremely difficult to master and perform properly. It takes a great deal of single leg strength and stability as well as a great deal of ankle and hip mobility! 

Focus:

  • Descend down slowly
  • Keeping your weight centered
  • Load the ankle forward without lifting your heel
  • Keep the hip back to help load your weight evenly
  • As you push back up keep your foot flat on the floor with your weight distributed evenly
  • fully extend through your hips at the top

This is very difficult exercise to master right off the bat, you could be limited in your ankle mobility, hip stability or a combination. That’s why we created a our top 3 regression exercises to help understand how to load into the pistol squat properly. Then once you master those you can progress onto our top 3 progressions to take your pistol squat to a whole new level and really unleash your athletic potential!

Stay tuned for next weeks article where we go over our top 3 regressions and progressions to practice!

#unleashthepotential

 

Written by:

Rob Jost – ACE-CPT, NSCA-CPT

Suggested Article: 4 Ways to Build Stability in the Developing Athlete Part 4

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Voorhees Flyers Training center.

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The Hollydell ice arena, in the main building.

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