After a lower body injury, the rehabilitation process involves building strength in the muscles around my knee. The benefit of performing unilateral (single leg) exercises is they prevent me from favouring my ‘strong side’, helping minimise the development of strength imbalances. Another benefit is retraining the proprioception of my foot and ankle due to the instability of the surface I am training on.
You can see me increase the height of the uprights to make the exercise more challenging by decreasing the involvement of the leg that is touching the floor (increasing the strength requirement) and also increasing the ROM of my working leg (notice my knee is closer to full flexion in the starting position when the upright is higher). For BJJ practitioners, this full flexion of the knee and dorsiflexion of the ankle can prevent your opponent playing DLR or RDLR guards as you minimise space for them to insert their hooks. @baseblocks @nfqofficial