High Pull (Floor) For Tennis | Exercise 6.123

Resistance Training · Book exercise 6.123

Watch the movement and use the technique notes below to interpret the demonstration.

Exercise Video

Technique Photographs

Floor pulling setup, high-pull footage
Floor pulling setup, high-pull footage

How To Perform The Exercise

Start with the bar on the floor in a deadlift position. Extend the knees and hips in a controlled first pull. Accelerate through the second pull, then bend the elbows to guide the bar upward close to the body. This high pull has no front-rack catch; do not force a fixed peak height.

Technique Cue

Keep the first pull controlled, the bar close to the body and the spine neutral.

Book Technique And Progression

Book difficulty: 2 (the book’s exercise rating). Choose a load suited to your experience and master the component movements first.

Keep the first pull controlled, the bar close to the body and the spine neutral.

Related exercises: jump shrug and upright row. Read the tennis conditioning book for the complete progression, and explore tennis workouts to combine movements.

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Book reference: Advanced Concepts of Strength & Conditioning for Tennis, Chapter 6, exercise 6.123 High Pull (Floor).