Legs · Bodyweight
Hook Kick Kickboxing with Boxing Bag
How to do the hook kick kickboxing with boxing bag, 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 sideways to the bag in your fighting stance. Chamber your rear leg with the knee high, then extend the leg past the target and snap the heel back across the bag in a hooking arc. Pivot hard on your base foot and rotate through your hips, then recoil the leg and reset your stance.
- 1Drive the rotation from your hips and pivot foot, not just the leg
- 2Feel your glute and hip fire as you whip the heel across the target
- 3Stay tall through your core so you keep balance on the base leg
Common mistakes
- Don't throw the kick off-balance or fall toward the bag
- Avoid leading with a stiff leg; chamber the knee first
- Don't skip the pivot on your base foot or your hips can't open
Muscles worked
The hook kick kickboxing with boxing bag mainly works the glutes and obliques, with the lower abs, quads, hamstrings, and calves assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- ObliquesPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- External RotatorsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.