Legs · Bodyweight
Corner Touch
How to do the corner touch, 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
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand in an athletic stance with your knees soft and weight on the balls of your feet. Shuffle or step quickly to touch a marker at one corner, then push off and move to touch the opposite corner, staying low and changing direction sharply. Keep your movements fast and controlled.
- 1Your quads and glutes loading and driving each change of direction
- 2Light, quick feet staying on the balls of your feet
- 3A low, athletic stance ready to push off in any direction
Common mistakes
- Don't stand up tall between touches; stay low and loaded
- Avoid crossing your feet or losing your balance on the cuts
- Don't let your knees cave inward as you change direction
Muscles worked
The corner touch mainly works the quads, with the glutes, calves, hamstrings, and adductors assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the corner touch for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.