Core · Bodyweight
Boxing Left Uppercut
How to do the boxing left uppercut, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand in a boxing stance with your hands up. Dip slightly at the knees, then drive up through your lead leg and hip as you punch your left fist upward in a short vertical arc, snapping back to guard.
- 1Feel the drive come up from your legs and hips into the rising punch
- 2Keep your elbow bent and the motion short and explosive
- 3Brace your core through the rotation and return to guard
Common mistakes
- Don't drop your fist low and wind up before the punch
- Avoid leaning back or losing your balance on the upward drive
- Don't leave your other hand away from your chin
Muscles worked
The boxing left uppercut mainly works the obliques, with the quads, front delts, biceps, upper chest, mid chest, upper abs, lower abs, and glutes assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- BicepsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- TricepsMinor
- ForearmsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.