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Also known as: V-sit ab leg extension, Seated in and out.

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Technique

  1. Sit on the ground and place your hands down besides your hips for balance.
  2. Tuck your legs close to your chest, lift your feet off the ground and balance on your buttocks, using your hand assistance as needed.
  3. Extend your legs forward while leaning slightly back to keep the balance.
  4. Then bring the legs back to the starting position.

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Form tips

  • Keep your Abs engaged.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Sitting leg extensions

Beginner
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Lying tuck raise

Beginner
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Lying advanced tuck raise

Beginner
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Lying leg extension

Beginner
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Sit-up

Beginner
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Tuck-up

Beginner
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