Skip to main content

Technique

  1. The base lies face up while the flyer stands at the base’s feet, facing the base.
  2. The base places the feet on the flyer’s shins.
  3. With a Clasped hand grip, the partners find a shared Tempo; when ready, the flyer leans over the base’s torso while the base extends the legs into an L-base, and the flyer bends the knees to 90 degrees, all in one continuous motion.
  4. The base brings the knees to 90 degrees and extends again, essentially leg-pressing the flyer.
  5. To exit, reconnect at the hands and the base bends the knees to lower the flyer safely to the ground.

Form tips

  • The effort in the continuous entry should be shared evenly: the flyer takes a slight lift into the movement and the base does not pull on the flyer’s arms. Think of “rocking” into it.
  • The base splits the toes two and three on each side of the flyer’s shin.
  • Once on the base’s feet, the flyer adducts the thighs and keeps the hips, chest and gaze forward.
  • Do not release the hands until you feel stable.

Muscles

Strength

Secondary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Quadriceps
  • Hip adductors
  • Pelvis
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

e0lo

Shin on foot

Novice
e0lr

Foot-to-shin squat

Intermediate
e0n4

Hip stand

Novice
e0lv

Front plank squat

Novice
e0lw

Low bird squat

Intermediate
e0lu

Hip on feet squat

Beginner
Want to log this exercise? Open it in Calistree. Text and images are used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; the video plays from the original source.