Core · Bodyweight
Standing Air Bike Foot Tap
How to do the standing air bike foot tap, 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
Stand tall and bring one knee up while crunching the opposite elbow toward it, mimicking a standing bicycle. As you lower, tap that foot lightly to the floor, then drive the other knee up and crunch to the opposite side.
- 1Your obliques crunching elbow toward opposite knee
- 2A quick light foot tap between each rep
- 3The standing leg holding you steady through the cycle
Common mistakes
- Just flapping the elbows without trunk rotation
- Letting the chest cave instead of staying tall
- Planting the tapping foot heavily and stalling
Muscles worked
The standing air bike foot tap mainly works the obliques, with the upper abs, lower abs, hip flexors, and quads assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- LatsMinor
- GlutesMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the standing air bike foot tap 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.