Legs · Bodyweight
Turn Side Step 4 Corner Touches
How to do the turn side step 4 corner 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
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Picture four corners of a square around you. Side-step and turn to reach down and touch each corner in sequence, staying in a low athletic stance and using quick feet to change direction.
- 1Glutes and quads working through the low stance
- 2Obliques controlling each turn and reach
- 3Light, reactive footwork between corners
Common mistakes
- Standing upright between touches
- Rounding hard through the lower back to reach
- Crossing the feet and losing balance on the turn
Muscles worked
The turn side step 4 corner touches mainly works the quads and glutes, with the obliques, hamstrings, calves, lower back, lower abs, adductors, and hip flexors assisting.
- QuadsPrimary
- GlutesPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Upper AbsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the turn side step 4 corner touches for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.