Can anyone point me to some good lateral strength builders?
I realy feel that all my excerize and training are one-dimensional(forward/backward)
staley and others point to it as an injury prevention priority in sports like football, soccer or even basketball.
overhead walks sideways? I tried and nearly fell over. racked barbell walk sideways? side lounge?
thanks
S-man
More clearly define what you mean by “lateral strength”, please.
Ok I will try with my broken english
A. push sideways when blocking out for a rebound in basketball.
B. explode lateraly as a running back - change directions recieve lateral blows.
C. jump sideways?
anyway consider the squat is a forward backword exersize, the snatch’ almost every excersize I can think of but the saxon side bend or the woodchopor the aductor machine/cable raise.
am I clear enough if not I will think about it more
S-man.
Plyometrics off of a slant board.
which means?
no idea what a slant board is.
you should like into plyometric training. i would also think that side lunges would benefit you somewhat. another good idea would be to incorporate ab exercises that invole a lot of twisting and turning. read ct’s “ab training for athletes and babehounds.”
Try:
A. Ian King’s reverse barbell corner ‘woodchoppers’.
B. Anything that works calves and hip adductors. Say, one-legged squats.
C. Same as above.
I’m stepping out on a limb here. I’ve never applied B/C to lateral movements before.
DI