Technique
- Start in an active hang with shoulders engaged ( Shoulder depression) and arms straight.
- Raise your legs to about hip height to form an L-sit shape.
- Perform small alternating kicks with control.
Form tips
- Straight arms
- Active shoulders
- Legs lifted to horizontal
- No body swing
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Regressions
L-sit active hang
Novice
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