Unilaterally-loaded pike-stretch
Weighted mobility development
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46s
THE WHAT:
A unilaterally-loaded context for when hard-gaining restrictions require an added stimulus for development. What is uniquely effective about this variation is the ANGLE and POSITION of loading - with the foot of the "working" leg elevated to an angle of 45° and the hip-angle working between 90-45° or less, the entire posterior-leg is stimulated more or less equally in an advantageously-loaded position.
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