Pistol Squat Problem

Hi everyone, i've been a long time lurker here on gymnasticbodies and i finally registered to get some help from you guys, i would like to say that the forums helped me tremendously in the past year since i started GST training and that's without owning any of coach sommer's products now a little background information

I'm 130lbs 5ft6 i've been doing GST for a year now i made some good progress however my question is in regards to a leg exercise called the Single Leg Squat now my problem is that i can do 3 on my right leg and 2 on my left however whenever i lower down and come back up my extended leg gets pulled in, can anyone know what the issue is ? flexibilty ? strength ? i've tried everything and it's STILL happening i lower on my right leg i come back up and my left leg gets pulled in, i feel this takes away from the exercise and may result in me hurting myself later i had no knee issues in the past and i would like to keep it that way i've been practicing them for 4 months now with no sign of improvement.

Any help would be appreciated guys.

Hi and welcome!

What exactly do you mean by 'pulled in'? Do you mean that you lower the lifted leg involuntarily?

Edit: If you mean that you bend at the knee of the lifted leg when you do SLS, then it's because your hamstrings are tight and/or you hip flexors are weak. Do pike stretching and V-ups to alleviate the problem.

You should check out pavels writings on the single leg squat. He goes into great detail about benefits, correct form and progressions. 

Ravn said:

Hi and welcome!

 

What exactly do you mean by 'pulled in'? Do you mean that you lower the lifted leg involuntarily?

 

Edit: If you mean that you bend at the knee of the lifted leg when you do SLS, then it's because your hamstrings are tight and/or you hip flexors are weak. Do pike stretching and V-ups to alleviate the problem.

Yeah i bend at the knee of the lifted leg i figured it's a flexibilty issue but i thought that strength was the main culprit what can you suggest besides pike stretching and V-ups perhaps bottom postion static holds would help ? or that for ankle flexibilty ?

Not really sure what you are talking about. If it's what I'm assuming it is (the non-squatting leg going down as the body is raised), then it's just a lack of active flexibility.