Legs · Bodyweight
Arm Crossover Curtsy
How to do the arm crossover curtsy, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand with your arms extended out to the sides. Step one leg diagonally behind the other into a curtsy lunge while sweeping both arms across your body in front of your chest. Drive through your front leg to stand back up and open your arms wide again, then alternate sides.
- 1Feel your glute and outer hip on the front leg as you lower into the
- 2curtsy
- 3Squeeze your chest and shoulders as your arms cross
- 4Keep your torso upright and core braced through the lunge
Common mistakes
- Don't let your front knee cave inward
- Avoid leaning your torso forward over your thigh
- Don't rush the crossover and lose your balance
Muscles worked
The arm crossover curtsy mainly works the glutes, with the quads, hamstrings, adductors, mid chest, lower abs, obliques, calves, and front delts assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Upper ChestMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.