NFL Star Derrick Henry's Offseason Training Includes This Intense Uphill Workout
In the 27-second video, consisting of three clips (which will leave you feeling out of breath even after just watching it), Henry shows off his fast footwork on some ladder drills, then sprints up a grassy slope. The second clip sees him throw a medicine ball, run up the hill, and catch a football before making it to the top. And in the third, Henry does some bodyweight work, using a medicine ball to crank out reps of an assisted one-armed pushup (sometimes called the "archer" pushup ), again on an upward incline.
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"Hill workouts are great for sprints and runs, and definitely help reinforce the need for high knee drive, which is critical to speed," explains Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel C.S.C.S.
Henry appears to show no sign of tiring during the intense uphill training and after honing his technique at such an angle, a flat football field must seem like a piece of cake.
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