Legs · Bodyweight
Sitting Side Step on Chair
How to do the sitting side step on 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
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Sit tall on a sturdy chair with your feet flat on the floor. Step one foot out to the side and back, then the other, tapping side to side at a steady pace while keeping your torso upright.
- 1Feel your hips and outer thighs work as you step each foot wide
- 2Keep your core engaged and your back tall
- 3Stay light on your feet and move on a steady rhythm
Common mistakes
- Don't lean side to side with your upper body
- Avoid slouching or sinking back into the chair
- Don't let your knees cave inward as you step out
Muscles worked
The sitting side step on chair mainly works the hip flexors, with the lower abs, obliques, quads, glutes, and adductors assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the sitting side step on 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.
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.