Week 5 · Session B · Hinge, Single-Leg & Pull

Posterior-chain strength without a heavy bar, single-leg control for every push across the crease, and the hamstring and adductor work that keeps the hips healthy.

This week

The strength phase. Reps drop, weight climbs, rest gets longer — and the barbell versions of the lifts come in.

  1. 01Warm-Up
  2. 02Hinge Strength
  3. 03Single-Leg Control
  4. 04Pull & Press
  5. 05Hamstring & Hip Range
  6. 06Cool-Down
00
Warm-up · 5 exercises
0/ 5 done
A
Straight sets · 1 exercise
3 sets
A1

Romanian Deadlift

3 × 8 reps · rest 2 min
0/3

Hips back, bar or dumbbells close to the legs, spine long. Moderate load — a goalie needs hamstrings that lengthen, not a max.

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B
Superset · 2 exercises
6 sets
A1

Skater Squat

3 × 6/side · rest 1:15
0/3

Back knee down to a pad, slow on the way down. Knee tracking over the middle of the foot.

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A2

Cable Hip Adduction

3 × 10/side · rest 1 min
0/3

Slow on the way out. The adductor is a brake before it is an engine.

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C
Superset · 2 exercises
8 sets
A1

Lat Pulldown

4 × 8 reps · rest 1:15
0/4

Pull the bar to the top of the chest with the elbows driving down. No leaning back to cheat it.

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A2

Half-Kneeling Dumbbell Overhead Press

4 × 6/side · rest 1:15
0/4

Half-kneeling takes the low back out of it. Squeeze the down-side glute and press straight up.

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D
Superset · 2 exercises
5 sets
A1

Nordic Hamstring Curl

2 × 3 reps · rest 1:30
0/2

Lower as slowly as you can and catch yourself on your hands. The lowering is the whole exercise.

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A2

90/90 Lift-Off

3 × 8/side · rest 45s
0/3

Active range, not passive. If you cannot lift it, you do not own it yet.

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CD
Cool-down · 3 exercises
0/ 3 done
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