Very good video. One observation only. While performing the leaning split squat raise the front heel in the same proportion as your left heal , In this way you don't hurt the knee, while projecting your body forward and you get more work on the front thigh muscles.
Aesthetic Video, fantastic! Thanks so much! Whats the Primary difference between Shrimp Squat & reverse Lunge in regards to the Muscles involved? 😊Happy and Healthy, All the best 💪Enjoy, Play Hard Have Fun
A really good tutorial but for many these will be very difficult at the outset and may put people off causing them to give up. One exercise shown the assisted piston squat can be done as a small squat using a chair for safety, just moving your leg by lowering and raising a few inches will burn and tire the muscle and help build strength.
Hola, soy de mexico me encanta tus ejercicios eres el mejor aunque cuando hablas no entiendo nada pero con lo que haces mas que suficiente llevó acabo lo que haces. Saludos
Great example of exercises. I've been doing one leg air squats for a few years now. When I first started I couldn't even do one. Now I can do ten. You just have to keep at it and trying.
Hey, I have a question a about pistol squats;how can I progress in making them more difficult? I can now do 15 with each leg going down to break parallel, but I don't want to go lower to use more glutes, I'd like to keep the tension to work on the quads more
You can progress my moving the counter balance closer to your body and increasing the weight. I would recommend to go full range of motion anyways and just do one full range of motion pistol and then come Down to parallel and come back up. This way you get the benefits of full rom while also keeping the tension on the quads in the next rep. If that's still not challenging enough you can superset the pistol squat with something like a reverse nordic or a weighted split squat.
Just to clarify, would the knee extension in the second squat you show hurt the knee or the ankle? I heard somewhere that when squatting you should try to keep your knee in line with the ankle. Is that a hard-and-fast rule or simply a guideline for that kind of squat?
It's just a guideline for some leg exercises like back squats. It's safe for the knee to go pass the ankle unless the ankle is immobile and all heads of the quads aren't properly developed.
Duck walks can be rough for the knees if the legs aren't strong enough. If it hurts then you need to strengthen the legs with squats and other exercises first. Another option is to do "bigfoot walks" where you squat only half way down (or even less) and then move.
So going from the bulgarian split squat directly to a shrimp squat is/was impossible for me. Think there should be some more progression in between the two, at least in my opinion.
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I am unsure about when exercises like these help or hurt/further damage (overstrain) the knees, in regards to wanting to avoid ACL tears and blown knees for MMA/Muay Thai/sparring.
They will help if you use the exercises to properly strengthen the muscles. The stronger and more balanced your legs are, the more safe the knees will be. Important to stay within your limits and use control in all repetitions
i don't think i have the mobility for a pistol squat :( ... also I get a butt wink if I go lower than 90...is it tightness in hamstrings that causes this?
It's hard to say without seeing the exact form, but some heads of the quadriceps can also be weak which is why the hamstrings/glutes take over and create the butt wink. I would recommend doing basic bodyweight squats with extremely low tempo paying extra attention to the front thighs. This exercise is seriously underrated.
thank you for your reply! What do I watch the front thighs for / what am I monitoring! I diefnitely feel like you may have randomly guessed my issue, since I have prety weak quads from a few years of past knee discomfort and thus an avoidance of quad strengthening excercises... :)
I actually attempted some pistol squats and evertime i get within 10 cm of the ground i plummet backwards ! Same with shrimp squat (except I drop down uncontrollably alst 10 cm)
Jälkeenpäin videon katsottuani, mietinkin että oliko purkka suussa samaan aikaan, mutta alussa kun miehen näki niin eihän siinä purkkaa ollutkaan. Ehkä vain tapa tai joku probleema suussa. Mutta hyvä kanava, joten ymmärretään.:)
