Floor L Sit Back and Forth. How-to, proper form and tips
![Floor L Sit Back and Forth icon](/pics/exercise/f/floor-l-sit-back-and-forth.png)
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 , Secondary](/pics/muscle/133120-65536_hu383f13d422deb3d1157adeb1b1ab0cc4_303937_150x0_resize_box_3.png)
Primary muscles: Lowerback, Hamstring
Secondary muscles: Quads