Technique
- Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart.
- Take a step forward, landing on your heel and rolling through to the ball of your foot.
- Push off with your trailing foot and repeat the motion to continue moving forward.
Form tips
- Maintain an upright posture with your shoulders relaxed and gaze forward.
- Let your arms swing naturally by your sides.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Quadriceps
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Legs
Secondary
- Pelvis
- Hip adductors
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
Equipment
Appears in
Cardio
Joint movements
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