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Side Hop-Sprint

Side Hop-Sprint is a beginner plyometrics exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the abductors, adductors, calves and hamstrings.

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Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
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.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Side Hop-Sprint: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin