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Quad & Groin V
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Phase 4 · Length and load · Session V

Drive the knee.
Resist the return.
Both directions.

Hip flexion trained as strength, not as a stretch — and the heaviest quad lowering of the programme.

  • Vsession
  • P4Length
  • 12:00on the clock
  • — donecompleted

Deceleration is the missing dose

Most thigh rehabilitation never trains stopping. Stopping is a quadriceps task at the highest loads the leg meets.

Tendons adapt slowly

Tendon remodels over months, not weeks. Pain usually improves long before the tissue is finished.

The pain-monitoring model

Training within tolerable pain that settles by the next morning gives better outcomes than avoiding pain entirely.

Three couplets · two rounds · twelve minutes · a thigh that holds

A

March loaded

Standing march + resisted knee raise
A1

Loaded standing march

60 s · slow reps

Bag held at the chest; drive the knee above hip height each step, tall throughout.

Easier bodyweight  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2—
A2

Resisted knee raise

12/side · ×2

Towel round the thigh anchored low; raise the knee against the tension and lower slowly.

Easier less tension  ·  Harder more tension

R1R2
B

Front squat

Zercher squat + loaded reverse lunge
B1

Zercher squat

60 s · slow reps

Pack in the crook of the elbows; sit down between the heels with the chest up.

Easier goblet position  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2—
B2

Reverse lunge — loaded

10/side · ×2

Pack at the chest; long step back, tall torso, drive up through the front heel.

Easier bodyweight  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2
C

Hold and lower

Loaded wall sit + heavy quad negative
C1

Loaded wall sit

60 s · seconds held

Pack on the lap at 90°; count the seconds with even weight on both feet.

Easier bodyweight  ·  Harder heavier

R1R2—
C2

Heavy quad negative

6 reps · ×2

Reverse Nordic with a pack: five seconds back, then use the hands to return.

Easier bodyweight  ·  Harder slower still

R1R2

The clock

Round 1settle in — 70%, perfect tracking
0:00A1 → A2
2:00B1 → B2
4:00C1 → C2
Round 2own it — beat Round 1 by quality
6:00A1 → A2
8:00B1 → B2
10:00C1 → C2

Each couplet: 60 s scored → the loading set → 10 s to move on. Done at 12:00.

How to run it

  1. Rectus femoris crosses the hip and the knee — it has to be trained strong at long length, not just stretched.
  2. Two clean sessions at a load earn the next. In doubt, add a rep before adding a kilo.
  3. Deep range under load is the goal. A thigh strong only in the middle fails at the ends.
  4. Hip flexors are trained deliberately here — they drive the stride and they are almost never loaded.

Tick it off

MovementRound 1Round 2Best
A1Loaded standing marchslow reps in 60 s —
A2Resisted knee raise12/side
B1Zercher squatslow reps in 60 s —
B2Reverse lunge — loaded10/side
C1Loaded wall sitseconds held —
C2Heavy quad negative6 reps
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TE-12-QUADGROIN-V