Technique
- Sit on the floor with your legs bent and your feet close to your hips.
- Place your hands beside your hips, fingers pointing forward, to the sides, or backward.
- Press firmly through your hands and lift your hips off the ground.
- Pull your knees toward your chest while keeping them together.
- Hold the body suspended with the knees tucked and the feet off the floor.
- Maintain the position for the desired duration before lowering back down.
Form tips
- Push strongly through the hands and depress the shoulders ( Shoulder depression) to create space between the shoulders and ears.
- Keep the arms straight.
- Engage the core to keep the knees close to the chest.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Chest
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Latissimus dorsi
- Pectoralis minor
Equipment
Appears in
Progressions
One-leg l-sit
Novice
Hand-to-hand L-sit tuck
Intermediate
Regressions
Chair l-sit
Novice
Support
Beginner
Two-feet support l-sit
Beginner
Parallettes tuck L-sit
Novice
Variations
Parallettes tuck L-sit
Novice
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Two-feet RTO support
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Tiptoe RTO support
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L-sit
Intermediate
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