Technique
- Sit on the ground and place your hands on the sides, in front of the hips.
- Push on your hands to lift your butt off the ground.
- Keep one heel on the ground and lift the other leg up, by contracting your hip flexors.
Form tips
- Push your shoulders down ( Shoulder depression).
- Keep both legs straights.
- If your Hamstrings are very tight and prevent you from lifting the leg up, do some Pike fold / Forward fold stretches to gain flexiblity.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
Equipment
Appears in
Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Shoulderdepression
trains stretches
Progressions
One-leg l-sit
Novice
Regressions
Parallettes one-foot support L-sit
Beginner
Variations
Parallettes one-foot support L-sit
Beginner
L-sit alternate leg lifts
Novice
Parallettes L-sit alternate leg lifts
Beginner
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