How to Do
How to Do Side Hops With Partner and Resistant Bands
The side hops with partner and resistant bands should begin with good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the side hops with partner and resistant bands.
Beginning
Beginning Side Hops With Partner
1. Balance on one leg with hands on hips and knees slightly flexed.
2. Keep the belly tight by drawing the belly button towards the spine and head in a neutral position.
Movement
Side Hops With Partner Movement
1. Perform exercise with external elastic resistance.
2. Move laterally to the opposite leg, stabilize the landing for 2-4 seconds, and then move in reverse direction to starting position and stabilize, keeping knee over 2nd & 3rd toe.
3. Utilize the same format to move from right to left and top to bottom, by hopping from one leg to the other in a forward and turning manner.
Benefits
Side Hops With Partner Benefits
Hoping from side to side improves cardiovascular fitness, strengthens the heart, and aids weight loss. This exercise increases your explosiveness and speed while improving your agility and power.
Exercise Aliases
Frontal Plane Hops, How To Do Multiplanar Hops, Hops with Resistance, Stabilization Hops
