Core · Bodyweight
Low Lunge Twist
How to do the low lunge twist, 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
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Step into a low lunge with the front knee bent and the back knee lowered toward the floor. Place the opposite hand down and rotate your torso, reaching the other arm up toward the ceiling, then return and switch sides.
- 1A stretch through the back hip and front thigh in the low lunge
- 2The trunk rotating open as the top arm reaches up
- 3Obliques driving the twist while the hips stay anchored
Common mistakes
- Forcing the twist from the low back instead of the mid-spine
- Letting the front knee cave inward
- Yanking into the rotation; move smoothly
Muscles worked
The low lunge twist mainly works the obliques, with the upper abs, lower abs, quads, glutes, hamstrings, and hip flexors assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- CalvesMinor
- AdductorsMinor
Kovo programs the low lunge twist for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.