Core · Bodyweight
Boxing Right Hook
How to do the boxing right hook, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand in a boxing stance with hands up to guard your face. Pivot your right foot and hips and swing your right arm in a tight horizontal arc, keeping the elbow bent at about 90 degrees. Return to guard and repeat.
- 1Feel the power come from your hip and foot pivot
- 2Keep your elbow level with your fist through the arc
- 3Snap the punch and return straight to guard
Common mistakes
- Don't throw the hook from just your arm
- Avoid dropping your other hand from guard
- Don't overswing past your centerline and lose balance
Muscles worked
The boxing right hook mainly works the obliques, with the mid chest, front delts, forearms, upper chest, upper abs, lower abs, quads, and glutes assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Mid ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- TricepsMinor
- Lower ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.