Core · Bodyweight
Standing Single Air Bike
How to do the standing single air bike, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand tall and lift one knee toward your chest while bringing the opposite elbow across to meet it. Return to standing, then repeat on the same side for the set, mimicking a single-side bicycle crunch. Keep the core engaged throughout.
- 1Obliques crunching the elbow toward the knee
- 2Hip flexors pulling the knee up high
- 3Balance held steady on the standing leg
Common mistakes
- Rounding the upper back instead of rotating
- Letting the standing knee wobble or cave
- Rushing the rep so the twist gets shallow
Muscles worked
The standing single air bike mainly works the obliques and hip flexors, with the upper abs, lower abs, quads, and glutes assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the standing single air bike 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.