Legs · Bodyweight
Curtsey Cross Punch
How to do the curtsey cross punch, 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
From standing, step one leg back and across behind the other into a curtsey lunge, bending both knees. As you sink, throw a cross punch with the opposite arm across your body, then rise and switch sides in a flowing rhythm.
- 1Feel your glutes and quads load in the curtsey lunge
- 2Rotate through your core as the cross punch travels across your body
- 3Stay balanced over your front foot as you sink and stand
Common mistakes
- Do not let your front knee cave inward in the lunge
- Avoid overreaching the back step and losing your balance
- Do not throw the punch so hard you twist your lower back
Muscles worked
The curtsey cross punch mainly works the glutes and quads, with the obliques, upper abs, lower abs, hamstrings, front delts, and adductors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- Upper ChestMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.