Technique
- Place your hands between your open legs in a Straddle position
- Push down to raise your hips and legs off the ground
- Hold the legs parallel to the floor.
Form tips
- Maintain Shoulder depression and keep your legs straight.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
- Abs
- Obliques
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
- Iliacus
- Rectus femoris
- Psoas major
- Rectus abdominis
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
RTO straddle-sit
Advanced
Pike straddle planche
Advanced
Regressions
L-sit
Intermediate
One leg out straddle-sit
Intermediate
Sitting straddle compression
Novice
Parallettes straddle L-sit
Intermediate
Variations
Parallettes straddle L-sit
Intermediate
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Single bar L-sit
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Elbow lever
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Crane pose
Intermediate
RTO l-sit
Advanced
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