Brandon Jennings Squat With Overhead Reach
November 1, 2011
NBA point guard Brandon Jennings performs a Squat With Overhead Reach as part of his off-season training at the Under Armour campus in Baltimore. Combo movements like this one are a big part of Jennings' routine.
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Brandon Jennings completes a dumbbell squat to lengthen is lateral muscles in his back. Brandon activates the core as well as the back to improve over performance on the NBA court.
Nate Costa: Brandon Jennings performed a
squat with and overhead reach. He was holding ten pound dumbbells and the focus here is to lengthen the lats as you go into a squat. So a lot of times, a lot of athletes have tight backs and this type of movement is designed to lengthen the lat as you go into a squat. So it helps keep your posture. When going through the motion it activates the
core.
For more with Brandon Jennings, check out his
Army Push-Up
