Technique
- Sit on the ground with your legs straight in front of you.
- Place your hands down by your hips.
- Lean back and lift your legs off the ground, balancing on your buttocks.
- Move each leg to the inside, choosing one leg to move on top of the other one.
- Open them back and repeat while switching which leg goes moves on top.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Abs
- Obliques
Secondary
- Pelvis
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
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