Legs · Bodyweight
Standing Under Knee Clap
How to do the standing under knee clap, 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 drive one knee up toward your chest, clapping your hands underneath the lifted thigh. Lower it and repeat on the other side, building a quick, rhythmic marching pace.
- 1Feel your hip flexors snap each knee up high
- 2Keep your chest tall and core braced as you march
- 3Stay light and quick on the supporting foot
Common mistakes
- Do not hunch forward to reach the clap
- Avoid letting your knee drift across your body
- Do not slow down or lose rhythm between sides
Muscles worked
The standing under knee clap mainly works the hip flexors, with the lower abs, quads, upper abs, obliques, glutes, and calves assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- GlutesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- HamstringsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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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.