Technique
- Stand on one leg and bend at the hips to lean forward until your torso becomes parallel to the ground, with your other leg extended to the back.
- Come back to a vertical position and bring the back leg forward with the knee up, touching your knee lightly with the opposite elbow.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Spine
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Neck
- Quadriceps
- Legs
- Back
- Shoulders
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Spinalis thoracis
- Longissimus thoracis
- Iliocostalis
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Balance
Cardio
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Regressions
Knee to elbow trunk twists
Beginner
One-leg deadlift
Intermediate
Double dumbbell one-leg deadlift
Intermediate
One-leg hinge
Novice
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