Name: Playbook - Brad Terrell - Stage 1: Pistol Squats
Uploaded: 2021-01-18T11:49:59.585Z
Duration: 20 min
Description: Stage 1: Pistol Squats

Tight everywhere! Will be coming back to this level 1 one for a while, very challenging but felt like with some work I can get there

Lisa

Aziz Garwan

Excited to work through the stages of pistol squat. I can get down fine and hold it but can't seem to get back up!

Melissa

Eliška Tykvartová

Really great stuff man! I can’t do the last squat position 🤣. I keep falling backwards! It looks like my ankles don’t have enough flexibility to keep my weight forward

Rafi

John

Very nice. I like how you immediately bring attention to being aware of the quad activation and all the muscles around it, with the goal in mind of them all working together as one. The balance exercises were fun. Got a little sweat. Excited for the next one.

It was great, I just needed more time for both sides.

Rachel Takacs

Very humbling experience. The forward fold flutter kicks seem impossible right now though. Partly because it’s hard for me to even just keep my back neutral in that L shape.

Saad

Drew Sample

The audio was a bit more clouded on this video than others. I like it when you use a microphone!

Madeline

A written program that goes with the videos.  Meaning rep schemes and rounds

Also; how many times a week should I do pistol phase 1?  I am guessing 3x maybe 4x if I am still improving.  As soon as I can actually lift my leg off the ground move onto phase 2?

The videos are awesome.  You talk a lot about a program.  It’s hard to comprehend the program just by the videos.  Meaning, how many reps, how many rounds...

Meredith

Adding this after my flow & workout for the week.  Simple yet intense ~✨Thanks

Yvonne

Just tried this for the first time. Definitely some challenges here but everything was well paced and well explained. Thank you!

David

Need more light to get clear movement techniques like ot

Vinod Channa

Really loved the leg holds and the understanding of trying to use inner thigh and ass to give quads a break.

Graham

My partner and I love your programme. We've been playing around with your instagram for a while. But since the pandemic I've managed to find more time to enjoy your videos on youtube, leading me here. Very excited to discover more of your unique movements. Thank you.

Danny

Ching

This is very hard to follow you from a phone application.
Why we can not see these lecture from ur website? Following from laptop is different.
Thank you
Sule

Sule

Edward Kim

Love how you break everything down to build strength and mobility. You never get this in a standard class. 😊👍🏻👍🏻

Erin

Challenging. I had a tough time. But excited to see the results after 25 weeks.

Morne

Juan Carlos Velázquez R

It’ll be useful to see the bottom part - your feet placement. Unfortunately it was cropped out of frame.

Great got my Trump Daddy Dollars!  Signed up for a year.  Felt way stronger then when I tried this in the fall still going to follow the beginners program.

Alexandria

Wow, i really felt this in my inner tights and quads, great explanation of every workout

Armando

Pandian

Usovas

Khola

I can pistol squat well but want to do all the videos. So I started here and it was still hard as hell!!  Showed a lot of things that need wor

Kendall Lowe

Elizabeth Mcgann

Pistol squat was one of my goals last year but I took the whole year working in ankle mobility. Shooting to get it this year ^_^

Cathy

I really liked some of those progressions

Jessica Ann

Wayne Grimes

My thighs are burning a little and ready for the next session.

Todd

Amazing workout. Do I need to keep doing this everyday until it’s perfect then go to the next one? Or just go to the next one tomorrow?

Rami

Video quality was bad. Otherwise content was great

Swatee

It was good. Too much explanation though.

Nasrin Zamiri

Great! I just gave birth and this is really helpful to release my hips. Felt strong!

Juliana Franco

Great, hard to balance in a lot of areas.  Looking forward to putting in the work and improving

federico di pirro

Super tough! But also showing me where o can improve. Can’t wait to try again

Nichole

Learn proper quad activation as you release hip flexor tension with leg raises, find balance in pistol as well as touching up with one of the most basic functional postures Malasana (deep squat).

Equipment: Mat

Stage 1: Pistol Squats

Lots of discomfort in the knees, hips, and feet. My body is not used to being in this position. It felt like a big jump from video 1 to 2 but I was able to get thru this video without hurting myself.

Perfect i’m going to try and train every day with you

Paulo

Stage 1: Sissy Squats

Great. I'm not sure how my scissor pose should be. Both butt cheeks on the ground?

Thomas

Thanks, great training. Maybe you can consider to set a second camera with a different angle so we have full visibility. Would be nice! 👍🏼

Stage 1: Dragon Squats

Oxana

Less talking between the exercises please it waste so much time

Christin

Heike

Stage 1: Front Splits

Louis

Stage 1: Middle Splits

Marco Moutinho

Dawid Forero Moreno

Stage 2: Pistol Squats

Those ankle cross leg squat things are impossible

Craig

Stage 2: Sissy Squats

All cool. Description icon says that this lesson is 20 mins long when it is actually just 11 mins ;)

Ivan Melnikov

This one targeted my weakest areas. Most helpful so far.

Derek

Stage 2: Dragon Squats

Your workouts are so good. First time for me that I Love stretching and can‘t get enough 😊👍🏻

You actually made me laugh during this one.   Go higher? Does the splits on the wall hahah

Stage 2: Front Splits

Stage 2: Middle Splits

This video seemed to stop in the middle of something. Maybe it was the download

Stage 3: Pistol Squats

As is often the case, at it's a bit more than I can do. So I have stuff to work on

Your trainings are challenging 👍🏼👍🏼

Stage 3: Sissy Squats

Stage 3: Dragon Squats

All went well until I could... Kind of do standing splits

I’m really far away from the standing splits

Stage 3: Front Splits

Need more explaining how hips should be in the triangle

Getting better with each level Brad. Keep it up. Especially like the little pointers like keeping hips back/pebble in the bucket in triangle pose

Adolfo

Stage 3: Middle Splits

Those were unique! I need to work on quad activation though. Was that in stage one with the seated flutter kicks? Anything else I can practice also?

Stage 4: Pistol Squats

In the first section i couldn't see how your feet were flat on the ground. Otherwise, this was the video that divided the stuff i could do and more the stuff i can't do

Stage 4: Sissy Squats

Stage 4: Dragon Squats

Lopamudra

Never encountered this way of getting into front split before! Not saying I made it all the way, but I was lower down than I have ever been. 🙏🏻

Louise Loehndorff

Stage 4: Front Splits

I’m not ready to do some of these. Need about a month on the first three to do this

Ok Brad. This kicked my ass. Will work this and see how I evolve. Have discovered through these sessions that my big limiting factor is my left hip which is somehow rotated or restricted by some combination of deep muscles. But that “hard stop” on the left side is slowly (very slowly) softening, which gives me hope that with continues practice I can correct and unblock that side (right side is much less restricted). Thanks Brad. Will keep you updated.

Stage 4: Middle Splits

Whoa that was tough! But I’m finally getting it! 
My quad gets really tight when I extend the leg though. Making it difficult

The step by step sequence is really helpful! Good stuff, very functional

Stage 5: Pistol Squats

Stage 5: Sissy Squats

Stage 5: Dragon Squats

Thank you so much ! So much help to know how to move my body in a good way ...

Stage 5: Front Splits

Done with whole program. I really enjoyed! Thank you for creating this with so much useful information and very practical and challenging exercises! Your strength and mobility is inspiring! I am a big fan of your IG page too! Hope to train with you in person one day!

Stage 1: Pistol Squats

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