Legs · Other · Compound · Beginner

Side Hop-Sprint

Side Hop-Sprint, start position
Start
Side Hop-Sprint, end position
End
FrontBack
PrimarySecondary
Main muscles
Quads
Also working
Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings

How to do it

  1. Stand to the side of a cone or hurdle.
  2. Begin this drill by hopping sideways over the obstacle, rebounding out of your landing to hop back to where you started.
  3. Hop for a prescribed number or repetitions as quickly as possible, and finish this drill by sprinting a short distance upon landing the last hop.

Swaps on other equipment

Each has the quads as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.

Other quad exercises

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