Floor L Sit Cross Tucked. How-to, proper form and tips
Exercise is a preparation for the Floor L Sit. It requires strong shoulders and abs, although other muscles are also involved.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from '5 Steps to the Floor L Sit (Beginner Progressions)'
by johnsifferman)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Sit on the floor, legs crossed.
- Put your hands on the floor, near the hips.
- Press your shoulders down with your arms straight so that the hips stays of the ground.
- While pressing shoulders down, your head should be as far as possible from the shoulders.
- Raise your knees enough to have your feet off the ground.
Hints & tips:
- Prepare shoulders and abs for this exercise.
- When starting, to be able to hold the position for a few seconds is already a great exercise.
- Exercise is easier in a hard ground such as rock or cement, opposite to a soft ground such as a grass field.
Benefits:
- Overall strength, focus on shoulders and abs.
Counting & gamification:
- Count the seconds you can hold, accumulating in a period (session, day, week).
- Set an accumulated goal for a workout session, say 60 seconds, and do the necessary repetitions to reach that goal.
- Perform this every time you sit on the floor, using a given time that is either increased or maintained.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Muscles: Full body
Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps, Abs, Lats, Hip Flexor, Quads
Secondary muscles: Obliques, Lowerback
