No you can't... Yes I can!
cartea01
Posts: 156 Member
Was at work yesterday and one of my senior colleagues was detailing seeing a guy at the gym doing pistol squats. He was raving about how impressive this guy was and how everyone else at the gym tried it but "no "real" person can do it."
It's been a few months since I did NROLFW (New Rules of Lifting for Women) but I thought I might be able to do it. Not wanting to embaress myself in front of everyone, I found a quiet office and had a go there. First attempt and I got all the way down! Getting up was always going to be another matter, but I did a controlled pistol squat without falling on my backside!
I went to tell my colleague I could do it too and he laughed - "No you can't! If you can, do it right here in front of everyone!" Always up for a challenge, I did my pistol squat to the reception of many gaping mouths. Yay for me! Now I'm going to work on building up more reps! If you don't know what a pistol squat is, see the website below.
http://www.kinobody.com/975/one-leg-squats/
It's been a few months since I did NROLFW (New Rules of Lifting for Women) but I thought I might be able to do it. Not wanting to embaress myself in front of everyone, I found a quiet office and had a go there. First attempt and I got all the way down! Getting up was always going to be another matter, but I did a controlled pistol squat without falling on my backside!
I went to tell my colleague I could do it too and he laughed - "No you can't! If you can, do it right here in front of everyone!" Always up for a challenge, I did my pistol squat to the reception of many gaping mouths. Yay for me! Now I'm going to work on building up more reps! If you don't know what a pistol squat is, see the website below.
http://www.kinobody.com/975/one-leg-squats/
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I've been doing NROLFW for over two years, and there is no way I can do this! Awesome!0
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You SO rock! Don't you just love it!0
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That's a hard one! Congrats!
I bet you will be doing lots of reps pretty soon! And with added weight!
Go girl!0 -
Way to go! I find the best motivation for me to accomplish something is for someone to tell me I can't!0
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congrats! this is really something0
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Oh wow! That's very impressive!0
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That's very cool, I'm so impressed!0
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you are amazing and you just proved it to everybody :smokin:
You better be feeling damn proud!0 -
wow!!! i learn something new everyday!!!0
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Awesome! when I was a kid we used to do these on roller skates - called "shoot the duck" - I doubt that I could do it anymore even on flat ground.0
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Now I want to try it. I will wait till I am at home...LOL0
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So i checked out that kino website and thought i should give that pistol squat a try but without the weights. I was certain i won't be able to get up since it said it was so hard but i went and tried it and i got up:). I did a full pistol squat, go figure.0
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:noway:0
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Dayum!
Adding this to my must do list to try!0
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