3 great squat exercises to improve your strength and mobility

The squat is part of the holy grail of fitness. But like every other bodyweight exercise, there are variations of the squat that could completely change your strength and mobility levels. Once you learn other squats, and have also trained those with weights, start introducing the pistol squat to the routine. YouTube channel Squat University has a 5-minute video which has more than 2 million views and is on the progression of the pistol squat, starting with something as easy as doing a one-legged semi-squat on exercise plates, all the way to doing one without any support. “But even if two-leg air squats are too easy for you, the single-leg pistol squat can be difficult, since it essentially doubles the load on one leg," states an Outside magazine article titled How To Progress Into A Pistol Squat.