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Week 2 · Lateral Power & Hip Maintenance

Everything that keeps a gap tight: lateral output while fresh, loaded rotation for the point shot, and the frontal-plane hip work that stops a groin from ending your February. One notch heavier. If the schedule has left the legs heavy, drop a set before you drop the weight.

01Warm-Up02Lateral Output03Frontal Plane Strength04Hamstring & Trunk05Cool-Down
Blocks
5
warm-up to cool-down
Exercises
14
movements
Sets
26
about 42 min
00
Warm-up · 5 exercises
0/ 5 done
A
Straight sets · 2 exercises
7 sets
A1

Lateral Bound

4 × 4/side · rest 1:30
0/4

Push through the outside edge and stick the landing dead still.

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A2

Landmine Rotation

3 × 8/side · rest 1:15
0/3

Keep the point shot loaded. Hips lead, arms finish.

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B
Superset · 2 exercises
6 sets
A1

Cossack Squat

3 × 8/side · rest 1:15
0/3

Sit into one hip, keep the other heel down. Range first, then load it.

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A2

Cable Hip Adduction

3 × 12/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
5 sets
A1

Nordic Hamstring Curl

2 × 5 reps · rest 1:30
0/2

Lower as slowly as you can control. Two sets is genuinely enough in-season.

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A2

Bird Dog

3 × 10/side · rest 45s
0/3

Slow. A glass of water on the low back should not spill.

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CD
Cool-down · 3 exercises
0/ 3 done
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01Week 1 · Strength MaintenanceHeavy hinge, lateral single-leg work, and the pulling volume that keeps you winning net-front battles in the third period. Two working sets on the main lift and not one more. Load is moderate on purpose — in-season lifting exists to keep what you built, not to make you sore for Friday.02Week 1 · Lateral Power & Hip MaintenanceEverything that keeps a gap tight: lateral output while fresh, loaded rotation for the point shot, and the frontal-plane hip work that stops a groin from ending your February. Load is moderate on purpose — in-season lifting exists to keep what you built, not to make you sore for Friday.03Week 2 · Strength MaintenanceHeavy hinge, lateral single-leg work, and the pulling volume that keeps you winning net-front battles in the third period. Two working sets on the main lift and not one more. One notch heavier. If the schedule has left the legs heavy, drop a set before you drop the weight.04Week 3 · Strength MaintenanceHeavy hinge, lateral single-leg work, and the pulling volume that keeps you winning net-front battles in the third period. Two working sets on the main lift and not one more. The heaviest week of the loop, and still nothing goes to failure. Bar speed is the governor all month.05Week 3 · Lateral Power & Hip MaintenanceEverything that keeps a gap tight: lateral output while fresh, loaded rotation for the point shot, and the frontal-plane hip work that stops a groin from ending your February. The heaviest week of the loop, and still nothing goes to failure. Bar speed is the governor all month.06Week 4 · Strength MaintenanceHeavy hinge, lateral single-leg work, and the pulling volume that keeps you winning net-front battles in the third period. Two working sets on the main lift and not one more. Back off, then start the block again at week 1. This loop repeats for as long as the season does.07Week 4 · Lateral Power & Hip MaintenanceEverything that keeps a gap tight: lateral output while fresh, loaded rotation for the point shot, and the frontal-plane hip work that stops a groin from ending your February. Back off, then start the block again at week 1. This loop repeats for as long as the season does.

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