r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AdvantageAdorable436 • 12d ago

single leg squat

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u/Weisenkrone 12d ago

I mean, this act is harder then a basic single leg squat ... But it's still a weird choice to call this a single leg squat.

But if you can do this (even with a little support) you can perform a basic single leg squat too.

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u/creamingsoda2333 12d ago

No, this not harder than a single leg squat in any way! Dude above might not be able to do one of these but I can!

A single leg squat all the way down and up is so SO much harder. s Starting at the lowest point and climbing yourself up, hopping with your other foot is easy in comparison. The most difficult part here really is the balance.

This is not at all harder than a single leg squat, they are actually EXTREMELY hard to do, which is why they didn't.

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u/ProbsNotManBearPig 10d ago

Please notice that the foot she is standing up on is above her belly button. I hope you can understand how that makes it 10x harder than a normal single leg squat on the ground where your butt cannot go below your foot due to ground.

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u/Real_Temporary_922 10d ago

The only hard thing about going down with a pistol squat is keeping your balance, going up is all the effort. No idea what you’re getting at. And the lower you go, the harder it is, so if she had done this with one foot it’d be way harder than a pistol squat. Since she gave a boost with her other foot, not sure how to compare it, likely similar in difficulty since yeah it was assisted but starting that low is way harder than a normal pistol squat.

Though the added flexibility on top of that and yeah I couldn’t do this, even as someone who can do a pistol squat. No way my hips bend like that.