Plyometrics

Side Hop-Sprint

The side hop-sprint is a beginner plyometrics exercise for your quads, using other.

Main muscles
Quads
Also works
Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings
Equipment
Other
Level
Beginner
Side Hop-Sprint, starting position
Start
Side Hop-Sprint, end position
Finish

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.

Alternatives to the side hop-sprint

Bodyweight squat Body weight Dumbbell step-up Dumbbells, Flat bench Dumbbell walking lunge Dumbbells Goblet box squat Dumbbells, Flat bench Goblet squat Dumbbells Hack squat Hack squat