💡 How to follow: A run-focused hip progression: wake up the hips through a standing banded flexion, then drive the crossover pattern runners need for speed and change-of-direction. Control each rep.
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Standing Banded Hip Flexion
Mobility & Drive
Standing hip flexion against a band builds the active hip lift runners need on every stride — training the lead knee to drive up with stiffness and control.
- Band anchored, pull against it
- Drive knee up to 90° with control
- Resist letting the band snap you back
- Repeat 10-12 per leg
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Runner Crossover Hip Drive
Power
Crossover hip drive trains the rotational hip engine behind cutting and lateral acceleration — the step that lets a runner change direction sharply without losing the hips.
- Step across the midline, hip opens
- Drive the back hip forward aggressively
- Stay low, quick re-engage to the next step