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Single-Cone Sprint Drill

Single-Cone Sprint Drill is a beginner plyometrics exercise. It works the quadriceps, with help from the calves, glutes and hamstrings.

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Main muscles
quadriceps
Also works
calves, glutes, hamstrings

How to do it

  1. This drill teaches quick foot action. You need a single cone. Begin standing next to the cone with one arm back and one arm forward.
  2. Chop the feet as quickly as possible, blocking with the arms. Circle the cone, keep your knees up, with violent foot action.
  3. Rest after three trips around the cone.

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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).

Single-Cone Sprint Drill: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin