Legs · Bodyweight
Leg Front Kick
How to do the leg front kick, 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
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand tall with your core braced and arms relaxed. Swing one leg straight up in front of you toward your opposite hand, keeping the kicking leg fairly straight, then control it back down and repeat or alternate sides.
- 1A dynamic stretch through the back of the swinging leg
- 2Hip flexors snapping the leg up quickly
- 3Tall posture and a braced core keeping you upright
Common mistakes
- Rounding your back to gain extra height
- Forcing the kick beyond a controlled range
- Letting the standing knee buckle inward
Muscles worked
The leg front kick mainly works the hip flexors, with the lower abs, quads, and hamstrings assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- GlutesMinor
- CalvesMinor
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More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.