Nickwba
Level 1 Valued Member
Quick question regarding pistol squats and hypertrophy (hypertrophy isn't a goal of mine personally in training pistols, this is more out of physiological curiosity)
I was curious as to why pistols are regarded as not particularly capable of building mass for the legs? Pavel states (I think in the naked warrior but I may have read it elsewhere) that pistols build strong legs that 'do not chafe'. Surely given proper programming, load on the working leg (through e.g. holding a kettlebell) and diet, they would build muscle effectively?
So just wondering why this seems to be the case? What biomechanical/physiological reasons could be behind this purported lack of mass building?
Cheers,
Nick
I was curious as to why pistols are regarded as not particularly capable of building mass for the legs? Pavel states (I think in the naked warrior but I may have read it elsewhere) that pistols build strong legs that 'do not chafe'. Surely given proper programming, load on the working leg (through e.g. holding a kettlebell) and diet, they would build muscle effectively?
So just wondering why this seems to be the case? What biomechanical/physiological reasons could be behind this purported lack of mass building?
Cheers,
Nick