Full body · MOBILITY

Loaded 90/90 — hold each side

Internal and external hip rotation held at end range — the range that runs out first in cutting sports

Coaching cues

How to do it well

These are the cues the app shows on the exercise card, written for the moment you are standing in front of the bar.

  • Chest tall, both sit-bones down
  • Drive from the hip, not the hands
  • Hold the shape, do not bounce
Tempo
rotate slowly
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In the program

How Train Smart prescribes it

The sets and reps below are the authored starting point. The actual weight you see is calculated from your own last top set and the week you are in within your four-week block.

ProgramSessionSets × repsLoad
CricketEndurance Day2 × 30s/sideLight DB at chest
HockeyLower Strength + Posterior2 × 30s/sideLight DB at chest
BoxingPunch Power + Legs2 × 30s/sideLight DB at chest
MMAExplosive Power + Posterior2 × 30s/sideLight DB at chest

How the weight is calculated →

At a glance

What it trains, and who trains it

Muscles worked
Quads · Glutes
Region
Full body
Classified as
MOBILITY
Prescribed in
cricket · hockey · boxing · MMA
Alternatives

If you cannot do this one

Rack taken, kit missing, or it does not suit you. These are the swaps the app offers, matched by movement pattern and body region — each with the reason it is a fair substitute.

AlternativeWhy it works as a swap
Bike (easy)Raises temperature with zero impact — kindest on a sore body
Rower (easy)Whole-body warm-up, gets the back and hips moving
Skip RopeCalves and ankles ready for anything with a landing in it
Jog or SkipNo kit needed — outside, on grass
World's Greatest StretchHips, T-spine and hamstrings in one movement
90/90 Hip SwitchBoth hip rotations — the ones that limit cutting

This exercise, in a program that knows why it is there

Train Smart puts this movement in the right session, at the right point in your block, at a weight calculated for you — and swaps it automatically if you do not have the kit.

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