Beginner exercise

Kneeling Arm Drill

  • Coordination
  • Speed
  • Functional

Technique

How to perform Kneeling Arm Drill

  1. This drill helps increase arm efficiency during the run.
  2. Begin kneeling, left foot in front, right knee down.
  3. Apply pressure through the front heel to keep your glutes and hamstrings activated.
  4. Begin by blocking the arms in long, pendulum like swings.
  5. Close the arm angle, blocking with the arms as you would when jogging, progressing to a run and finally a sprint.
  6. As soon as your hands pass the hip, accelerate them forward during the sprinting motion to move them as quickly as possible.
  7. Switch knees and repeat.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

MuscleScoreRole
Anterior Deltoid0.7Mover, Stabilizer
Medial Deltoid0.7Mover, Stabilizer
Posterior Deltoid0.5Mover, Stabilizer
Trapezius0.3Stabilizer