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# Sitting pike compression
> Novice · Dynamic · Bilateral. Strength, flexibility
Also known as: Sitting leg lifts, Sitting leg raises.
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Bilateral |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 8 s |
## Technique
1. Sit down with your legs straight in front of you.
2. Fold forward and place your hands on either side of your legs, somewhere between knee-level and foot-level. The further away your hands are, the more difficult the exercise becomes.
3. Push on your hands and lift your legs off the ground, up and down without touching the ground, for as many repetitions as desired.
## Form tips
* Do not lean back: you need to be leaning forward and to push on your hands, keeping your torso as low as possible, to work your compression strength.
## Muscles
Strength
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Abs
- Obliques
Flexibility
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Hip adductors
- Legs
- Pelvis
* Iliacus
* Rectus femoris
* Psoas major
* Rectus abdominis
* External oblique
* Internal oblique
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Progressions
Intermediate
## Regressions
Beginner
Novice
Novice
Intermediate
Intermediate
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/sitting-pike-compression-e0an). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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