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Also known as: Straddle leg lift, Straddle leg raises.

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Technique

  1. Sit on the ground with your legs open wide in a Straddle position.
  2. Place your hands on the ground between your legs.
  3. Push on your hands and lift your straight legs off the ground repeatedly without letting them touch the floor between reps.

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Form tips

  • Do not lean back; you must lean forward and push on your hands to work compression strength.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Abs
  • Obliques

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
Flexibility

Secondary

  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Hip adductors
  • Legs
  • Pelvis
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)

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Appears in

Calisthenics skills
Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

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Straddle l-sit

Intermediate

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Regressions

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Sitting straddle stretch

Beginner
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Sitting straddle toe pull

Novice
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Sitting pike compression

Novice
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Pike compression flutter kicks

Novice
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One-leg sitting pike compression

Beginner
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Rolling compression

Intermediate
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Plow raise

Intermediate
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