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Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.32
Watch the movement, then use the book-specific cues below to check your technique.
Start with the bar at the front of the shoulders. Step sideways, sink into a centered squat, then push off and extend the hips, knees and arms to drive the bar overhead.
Keep the chest upright and the knees aligned as you move laterally; press from the leg drive.
Book difficulty: 3 (the book’s exercise rating). Learn the component movements and choose a load suited to your technique.
Keep the chest upright and the knees aligned as you move laterally; press from the leg drive.
Related exercises: lateral squat and front squat. See the tennis conditioning book for the full description, and browse complete tennis workouts when ready to combine movements.
Resistance Training library · The tennis book · Dynamic stretches
Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.32 Lateral Squat to Press.
