Single Leg L Sit. How-to, proper form and tips
Easier than the L Sit, doing a single leg L Sit serves as a preparations and activate the very same muscles.
Video demonstration
(excerpt from 'Single Leg L Sit on Parallettes'
by Functional Bodybuilding)
How to and step by step instructions:
- Place hands on the parallettes, shoulders activated and pressed down.
- Bent your knees, touching the chest with them.
- Extend one knee keeping the leg parallel to the ground. Keep this position for a given number of seconds.
- Repeat with the other leg.
Hints & tips:
- Press the shoulders down, keeping your ears away from the shoulders.
- Focus on keeping the leg straight, even if it is not fully parallel to the ground.
Benefits:
- A nice Calisthenics exercise working all body.
- Can be done in more places than you might think, using two chairs or a chair with arms.
Counting & gamification:
- Count seconds that you can hold the position, accumulate in a workout or period (week, month).
- Increase the number of seconds until you can do 30 secs in a perfect position.
Muscles worked and body parts involved:
Muscles: Full body
Primary muscles: Shoulder, Triceps, Abs, Lats, Hip Flexor, Quads
Secondary muscles: Obliques, Lowerback, Hamstring
Other names
The exercise can be found with other names. Examples are:
- Single Leg L Sit
- One Leg L Sit
