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Linear Acceleration Wall Drill

How to do the Linear Acceleration Wall Drill with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

CompoundBeginner
Primary muscles

Hamstrings

Secondary

Calves, Glutes, Quads

Equipment

Bodyweight

Step by step

How to do the Linear Acceleration Wall Drill

  1. 1

    Lean at around 45 degrees against a wall. Your feet should be together, glutes contracted.

  2. 2

    Begin by lifting your right knee quickly, pausing, and then driving it straight down into the ground.

  3. 3

    Switch legs, raising the opposite knee, and then attacking the ground straight down.

  4. 4

    Repeat once more with your right leg, and as soon as the right foot strikes the ground hammer them out rapidly, alternating left and right as fast as you can.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Linear Acceleration Wall Drill set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your hamstrings volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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