Legs · Bodyweight
Ring Straddle L Sit
How to do the ring straddle l sit, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Isometric
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set a pair of gymnastic rings at about waist height and support yourself with arms locked straight and shoulders down. Engage your core and lift both legs out in front of you, spreading them wide into a straddle so they are roughly parallel to the floor. Hold the straddle L-sit while keeping your arms locked and the rings steady. Lower your legs with control to finish.
- 1Your hip flexors and core holding your legs up in the straddle
- 2Your shoulders and triceps stabilizing your locked arms
- 3Your shoulders staying down and away from your ears
Common mistakes
- Bending your knees or letting your legs drop
- Shrugging your shoulders up toward your ears
- Arching your lower back instead of staying tucked
Muscles worked
The ring straddle l sit mainly works the hip flexors, upper abs, and lower abs, with the triceps, obliques, forearms, quads, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Upper AbsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- TricepsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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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.