Core · Bodyweight
Twist Punch Shuffle
How to do the twist punch shuffle, 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
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stay in a low athletic stance and shuffle side to side. As you shuffle, throw alternating cross punches, rotating through your trunk with each strike to add a twist to the movement.
- 1Obliques rotating the trunk into every punch
- 2Legs staying low and springy through the shuffle
- 3Shoulders snapping each punch across the body
Common mistakes
- Standing tall and losing the athletic stance
- Punching with only the arm and no trunk rotation
- Crossing your feet during the shuffle
Muscles worked
The twist punch shuffle mainly works the obliques, with the quads, glutes, front delts, triceps, upper abs, lower abs, hamstrings, calves, and adductors assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- AdductorsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Mid ChestMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.