Technique
- Stand up and bring your guard up (elbows bent and close to your body, hands in front of your face).
- Stagger your legs to have your working leg at the back.
- Swing the back leg to describe an arch that goes from the outside towards the inside of your body centerline.
- Come back to the starting position and repeat for as many repetitions as desired, then switch to the other side.
Form tips
- Imagine a target in front of you, that you would have to hit sideways with the inside of your foot.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Flexibility
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Legs
- Pelvis
Equipment
Appears in
Flexibility
Cardio
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