Technique
- Sit on the ground with your legs wide in a Straddle position.
- Place on hand on the floor between your legs and the other on the side.
- Push down to lift your buttocks and the legs, keeping them parallel to the floor
- Repeat switching sides
Form tips
- Lean forward and push hard on your hands to engage your Abs.
Logging: Work each side for the time indicated.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Shoulderdepression
trains stretches
Progressions
Straddle l-sit
Intermediate
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