Floor L Sit Back and Forth. How-to, proper form and tips
Sitting in an L Sit position and balancing your body activates core and hamstrings.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from 'How To L Sit (3 STEPS) For Beginners - Core Strength & Progressions' by TappBrothers)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Sit on the floor, legs straight and feet together.
- Straighten your back.
- Perform small balance moves with your upper body, moving forward and backward.
Benefits:
- Improve posture.
- Prepares hamstrings and back for the L Sit.
Counting & gamification:
- Count the seconds you can keep doing these moves.
- Set an accumulated goal for a period, session, weekend or week.
- Accumulate such timer count with the one from a pure L Sit position in the floor.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Primary muscles: Lowerback, Hamstring
Secondary muscles: Quads