Core · Bodyweight
Standing Bike and Opposite Touches
How to do the standing bike and opposite touches, 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
Stand tall and drive one knee up while twisting your torso to bring the opposite elbow toward it, then switch sides in a steady bicycle rhythm. Keep your core engaged and move with control as you alternate.
- 1Feel your obliques twist elbow toward opposite knee
- 2Drive each knee up high with control
- 3Stay balanced on the standing leg through the twist
Common mistakes
- Do not just bend forward without rotating the torso
- Avoid rushing and losing your balance
- Do not hunch your shoulders as you crunch
Muscles worked
The standing bike and opposite touches mainly works the obliques, with the upper abs, lower abs, hip flexors, and quads assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesMinor
- CalvesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.