Legs · Bodyweight
Stepback with Coner Touch
How to do the stepback with coner touch, 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
Stand tall, then step one foot back into a reverse lunge and reach the opposite hand down to touch the floor at an angle in front of you. Drive through your front leg to stand back up, returning to a balanced upright position. Alternate sides each rep, hinging at the hips to reach the corner.
- 1Feel your glutes and quads drive you back up from the lunge
- 2Hinge at the hips to reach down rather than rounding your spine
- 3Keep your core engaged to stay balanced through the reach
Common mistakes
- Don't round your lower back as you reach the floor
- Avoid letting your front knee track past your toes
- Don't rush and lose your balance on the way down
Muscles worked
The stepback with coner touch mainly works the glutes and quads, with the hamstrings, lower back, upper abs, lower abs, obliques, calves, adductors, and hip flexors assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- QuadsPrimary
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- CalvesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the stepback with coner touch 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.