If you're bored of standard squats, single leg "pistol" squats can progress your muscle gains. Pistol squats are challenging but working on them can improve balance and fix weaknesses. You can ...

The Single-Leg Squat is an all-purpose exercise for strength, balance, power and lowering risk of injury. According to a study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, it can't be beat ...

The single-leg squat is a squat movement that’s performed on only one leg. It adds a balance and stability challenge to the traditional squat. These are sometimes called pistol squats. This type of ...

The single-leg squat – also known as a pistol squat – is an advanced variation of the regular squat. Besides impressing onlookers by being able to do this squat, it will also benefit you by building ...

This variation involves performing the classic squat movement while balancing on one leg. By removing one point of support, you introduce a significant challenge to your stability and force your core ...

The most unlikely aid to your leg exercise? Bed pillows—they can make your legs stronger. When men attempted single-leg squats while standing on a cushy surface, their hips and leg muscles worked up ...

Standing facing a wall, place both hands on the wall for support. From here, engage your core and lift one leg off the ground ...

Standing on one leg seems like a simple enough task. But — as anyone who has wobbled their way through it or crashed out in a yoga class while attempting a tree pose can tell you — it can be trickier ...

Jon-Erik Kawamoto, MSc, CSCS, CEP is a Strength & Conditioning Coach with 15 years of experience. He’s a co-owner of JKConditioning, a health and fitness business in St. John’s, NL, Canada, a retired ...

Squats are one of the very best lower body exercises out there, and if you’ve ever worked out at all, you’ve certainly done them. But too many of us have never broadened our horizons beyond the humble ...

THE SQUAT IS, when it comes to the grand hierarchy of strength training, one of the few exercises that deserves rarified, must-do status for just about every type of trainee. The compound movement is ...

Squats are the go-to glute and leg exercise. The more you integrate them into your workout, the easier everyday activities like walking up the stairs and bending down to pick things up become. Squats ...