Bilateral or Unilateral? Why You Need Both in Your Training Program

Nate Matos
In Fitness And In Health
6 min readMay 26, 2022

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With more scientific data coming out and a vast amount of fitness influencers saying whatever worked for them should work for you, there’s a lot of information on what kind of exercises you should be doing.

As a strength coach, bilateral movements like back squats cleans, deadlifts, and bench press were used as benchmarks for progress in the weight…

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Nate Matos
In Fitness And In Health

@alternateperformance // Masters in Kinesiology emphasis in sports psych // Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist // USAW Level 1 Coach