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My Top 10 Single-Leg Exercises for Athletes and Gen Pop Clients (2024)

on April 17, 2024 | by Mike Robertson

If you’re looking to improve your single-leg strength and stability, I’ve got you covered in this week’s video! Now look, I LOVE big-bang lifts like squats and deadlifts. There’s nothing better than getting in the gym and pushing some weight or really getting after it. BUT you can love big-bang lifts while still respecting the […]

RTS Coaching: The Sprinter Step-up

on July 8, 2016 | by Mike Robertson

Step-ups are one of my favorite single-leg exercises. (Well if we’re being transparent, I think of them as pseudo single-leg exercises. But I’ll discuss that more in the EADS 3.0 videos coming soon!) There are numerous benefits to the step-up over similar exercises: It leads with a concentric (versus eccentric) movement. You can easily adjust […]

RTS Coaching: Foot-Knee-Hip on Unilateral Work

on January 6, 2016 | by Mike Robertson

A few weeks back, I wrote an article about five of the biggest benefits of single-leg training. If you haven’t read that, take a few minutes and review it first, as I think it gives unique insight into the true role of unilateral training. And if you want the Cliff’s Notes version, here goes: […]