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Single-Leg Lateral Hop

How to do the Single-Leg Lateral Hop 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, Hamstrings

Equipment

Other

Step by step

How to do the Single-Leg Lateral Hop

  1. 1

    Stand to the side of a cone or hurdle. To get into the start position, stand on one leg with your knee slightly bent.

  2. 2

    To begin, execute a counterjump to hop sideways over the cone.

  3. 3

    Land on your jumping leg, and immediately rebound out of it by jumping back to the start position.

  4. 4

    Continue hopping back and forth.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Single-Leg Lateral Hop 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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