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Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.124
Watch the movement and use the technique notes below to interpret the demonstration.
Begin from the floor with a controlled first pull. Extend the hips explosively after the bar passes the knees, pull it close to sternum height and rotate the elbows underneath to receive the bar on the upper chest.
Finish the receive with the elbows forward and the bar supported on the chest.
Book difficulty: 3 (the book’s exercise rating). Choose a load suited to your experience and master the component movements first.
Finish the receive with the elbows forward and the bar supported on the chest.
Related exercises: jump shrug and front squat. Read the tennis conditioning book for the complete progression, and explore tennis workouts to combine movements.
Resistance Training library · The tennis book · Workouts
Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.124 High Receive (Floor).
