Legs · Bodyweight
Mini Side Shuffles Slight Knee Raise
How to do the mini side shuffles slight knee raise, 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
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stay low in an athletic stance with your knees bent and take small, quick shuffle steps to one side. After a few steps, add a slight knee raise on the lead leg before shuffling back the other way. Keep your hips low and your steps short and controlled.
- 1Your glutes and outer hips driving the lateral steps
- 2Your hip flexor lifting the knee on the raise
- 3A low, stable athletic stance throughout
Common mistakes
- Standing up tall between shuffles
- Taking steps so wide you lose control
- Clicking your feet together on each step
Muscles worked
The mini side shuffles slight knee raise mainly works the glutes, with the quads, hamstrings, hip flexors, calves, and adductors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the mini side shuffles slight knee raise for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.