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Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound

How to do the Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Abductors, Adductors, Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound

  1. 1

    Assume a comfortable stance with one foot slightly in front of the other.

  2. 2

    Begin by pushing off with the front leg, driving the opposite knee forward and as high as possible before landing. Attempt to cover as much distance to each side with each bound.

  3. 3

    It may help to use a line on the ground to guage distance from side to side.

  4. 4

    Repeat the sequence with the other leg.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Alternate Leg Diagonal Bound set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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