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Also known as: Tuck L-sit walk.

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Technique

  1. Sit on the ground, bend your knees and and lift your legs up, so that you are balancing on your buttocks.
  2. Shift your weight to one side to lift the other buttock off the ground and move that one slightly forward.
  3. Repeat on the other side, so that you are slightly moving forward with each repetition.

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Form tips

  • Aim to keep your back straight.
  • Aim to minimize unnecessary movements from your limbs while moving forward.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Abs
  • Obliques

Secondary

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

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Equipment

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

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Straight legs butt walk

Novice
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Tuck-up

Beginner
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Advanced tuck boat pose

Beginner
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Straddle-up

Novice
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Tuck boat pose

Beginner
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Boat pose

Novice
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