scissor kicks
Lie on your back with your lower back pressed firmly into the floor, hands placed under your glutes for support or by your sides. Lift both legs slightly off the ground, keeping them straight or with a slight bend in the knees.
- Equipment
- No Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- Rectus abdominis
- Iliopsoas
- Rectus femoris
Secondary muscles
- Obliques
- Sartorius
- Pectineus
- Adductor longus
- Quadriceps
Target muscles
- abs
- hips
- legs
How to perform
- 1
Lie on your back with your lower back pressed firmly into the floor, hands placed under your glutes for support or by your sides.
- 2
Lift both legs slightly off the ground, keeping them straight or with a slight bend in the knees.
- 3
Engage your core, then slowly lower one leg towards the floor while simultaneously raising the other leg.
- 4
Keep your core tight and lower back pressed down throughout the movement to prevent arching.
- 5
Continue alternating legs in a controlled, fluid scissor-like motion.
- 6
Maintain a steady pace, focusing on core engagement rather than speed.
Safety & form
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