Core · Bodyweight
Jumping Air Bike
How to do the jumping air bike, 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
Lie on your back and perform a bicycle crunch, bringing each elbow toward the opposite knee. Add a small explosive lift through the torso on each crunch so the movement feels jumpy and dynamic. Keep alternating sides at a brisk pace.
- 1Feel your obliques fire as each elbow drives toward the opposite knee
- 2Keep constant tension on the abs between reps
- 3Pedal your legs through a full range without dropping your heels
Common mistakes
- Don't pull on your neck with your hands
- Avoid letting your lower back arch off the floor
- Don't just go fast; rotate fully on each rep
Muscles worked
The jumping air bike mainly works the obliques, upper abs, and lower abs, with the hip flexors and quads assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the jumping air bike 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.