Hip Training

5.27.2013

Blog|Equipment

There is not a football coach that doesn’t stress the importance of hips. Terms such has ‘roll your hips’, ‘turn your hips’, ‘good hips’ grace the language of athletic staffs. When Tyler Hobson built the Pendulum Hip Press it became the first and only leg press designed specifically to target an area that was difficult to strengthen with a barbell squat.

Boston College Hip Presses

Get The Hips Strong

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