[quote]roybot wrote:
[quote]alternate wrote:
[quote]bignate wrote:
^request made. [/quote]
Seconded.
Give it to me.[/quote]
OK. Ask and ye shall receive…
IMO, you would’ve been much better off posting such a thread in the conditioning forum. What’s done is done though, so no point in dwelling on it.
You keep changing the parameters of your original question. Gone from asking about neutral spines, to how to make a pistol quad dominant vs. hamstring dominant, to how to make it a posterior chain exercise(?), to discussing back squat form, to justifying posting this in the bodybuilding forum by holding up the vid of Steve Kotter (not a bodybuilder, but a kettlebell/ conditioning coach) doing pistols with extra load - something you seem unwilling to commit yourself to.
You seem to be looking to do anything but add load (which has a host of benefits the unweighted variety doesn’t provide).
In case it seems like I’m being unduly negative, I do pistols myself, but I don’t think they should be the core of a hypertrophy routine, nor do I think the progression should be as difficult or as complicated as you’re making it out to be.
I still think you’d better served lifting weights, even if it’s just adding load to your pistols (Jim Bathurst of Beastskills seems to be doing fine on a combo of pistols and squats).
If, after all that, you’re still hung up on spine alignment, try pistols with your arms raised above your head - it should stop you from being able to round your back.[/quote]
that was a good start…but i expected to be bleeding from a thousands cuts. Na but seriously that was actually like a really critical constructive honest post. I like you
