Legs · Leverage Machine
Elliptical Lateral Walk
How to do the elliptical lateral walk, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Step onto the lateral elliptical and stride side to side along the curved tracks while gripping the handles. Keep your posture upright and move in a smooth, controlled rhythm to work the legs and hips through a low-impact pattern.
- 1Glutes and outer hips driving the side-to-side stride
- 2Inner thighs working to control the lateral motion
- 3Upright posture with a steady rhythm
Common mistakes
- Leaning heavily on the handles for support
- Letting your knees collapse inward on each stride
- Moving too fast and losing control of the lateral path
Muscles worked
The elliptical lateral walk mainly works the glutes, with the quads, hamstrings, adductors, lower back, upper abs, lower abs, obliques, and calves assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
Kovo programs the elliptical lateral walk for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.