How to Do the Side Hop-Sprint

Beginner · Other · Targets Quadriceps, Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings

Side Hop-Sprint demonstration
💪 Quadriceps, Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings🏋️ Other📊 Beginner🏷️ Plyometrics

How to perform 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.

Muscles worked

The Side Hop-Sprint primarily targets your Quadriceps, with support from your Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Hamstrings. You'll need other.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Side Hop-Sprint slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.

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