Core · Bodyweight
Inchworm Front Arm Tap
How to do the inchworm front arm tap, 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
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand tall, then hinge at the hips and walk your hands out into a plank position. Once in the plank, tap one hand to the front of your opposite shoulder, then the other, before walking your hands back toward your feet and standing up. Keep your hips steady and core braced through the taps.
- 1Brace your core hard to keep your hips level during the arm tap
- 2Feel your shoulders and chest stabilize the plank
- 3Press the floor away to keep your upper back solid
Common mistakes
- Do not let your hips twist or sag when you tap
- Avoid rushing the walkout and losing the plank line
- Do not bend your knees instead of hinging at the hips
Muscles worked
The inchworm front arm tap mainly works the upper abs, lower abs, and obliques, with the front delts, triceps, mid chest, glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors assisting.
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ObliquesPrimary
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- GlutesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper ChestMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Rear DeltsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.