Legs · Bodyweight
Stepback Floor Tap Diagonal Reach
How to do the stepback floor tap diagonal reach, 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
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
From standing, step one leg back into a reverse lunge and tap the floor with the opposite hand. Push back to standing and reach the same hand diagonally up and across overhead. Alternate sides in a controlled rhythm.
- 1The front-leg glute and quad loading in the lunge
- 2A long diagonal stretch as the hand reaches up
- 3Your core stabilizing the rotation on each rep
Common mistakes
- Letting the front knee collapse inward on the lunge
- Rounding the back to reach the floor tap
- Rushing the stand-up and losing balance
Muscles worked
The stepback floor tap diagonal reach mainly works the glutes, with the obliques, quads, hamstrings, upper abs, lower abs, and calves assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the stepback floor tap diagonal reach for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.