Core · Bodyweight
Seated Skater on a Chair
How to do the seated skater on a chair, 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
Sit toward the front of a chair with your core braced and arms ready to swing. Reach one arm across your body as you sweep the opposite leg out to the side, then switch sides in a flowing skater rhythm to drive the heart rate up.
- 1Outer hips and glutes sweeping each leg out
- 2Arms and torso flowing side to side
- 3A steady rhythm that keeps you moving
Common mistakes
- Collapsing your posture between reaches
- Moving so fast the motion gets sloppy
- Holding tension in your neck and shoulders
Muscles worked
The seated skater on a chair mainly works the obliques, with the lower abs, glutes, hip flexors, upper abs, front delts, and adductors assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Rear DeltsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the seated skater on a chair 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.