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Split Squat Drop Catch - Medicine Ball

  • HOW: Grab a medicine ball. Set up in a split stance position. Rotate the spine towards the front leg, and hold the ball to the side of the hip. Drop the ball and catch it in a split squat position, once again to the side of the hip. Hold for a count of one. Return to the starting position. 

 

  • FEEL: You should feel this in the quadriceps of the front leg. 

 

  • COMPENSATION: Avoid letting the trunk fall forward, Avoid letting the knee bend any further after catching the ball.