Legs · Bodyweight
Side Shuffle Leg Side Lift
How to do the side shuffle leg side lift, 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
Take two or three quick lateral shuffle steps to one side, then plant and lift the trailing leg out to the side at the end. Reverse direction and repeat, staying low in an athletic stance the whole time. Keep your chest up and weight in your heels.
- 1Feel your outer hips and glutes driving each shuffle and side lift
- 2Stay low and athletic with your weight in your heels
- 3Lift the leg straight out to the side, not forward
Common mistakes
- Don't stand upright between shuffles; keep the hips loaded
- Avoid letting the knees cave inward as you push off
- Don't swing the leg with momentum; lift it under control
Muscles worked
The side shuffle leg side lift mainly works the glutes, with the quads, lower abs, obliques, hamstrings, calves, and adductors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the side shuffle leg side lift for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.