Technique
- Push your shoulders down (depression): do not let them elevate towards your ears.
- The legs should be fully extended and parallel to the ground.
- Doing this exercise with parallettes will make it easier thanks to the extra clearance; aim to eventually be able to do it on the ground, with only the hands touching the ground.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Abs
- Obliques
Secondary
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Progressions
L-sit dip
Intermediate
RTO l-sit
Advanced
Straddle l-sit
Intermediate
Single bar L-sit
Intermediate
Sliding pike pull-through
Intermediate
V-sit
Advanced
Regressions
One-leg l-sit
Novice
Sitting pike compression
Novice
Decline L-sit
Novice
Pike compression flutter kicks
Novice
Parallettes L-sit
Novice
Tuck l-sit lift
Novice
Variations
Parallettes L-sit
Novice
View Similar Exercises
View Similar Exercises
Rings l-sit
Intermediate
Parallettes straddle L-sit
Intermediate
One leg out straddle-sit
Intermediate
Rings v-sit
Advanced
RTO straddle-sit
Advanced
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