Legs · Bodyweight
Wall Side Lunge Torso Rotation
How to do the wall side lunge torso rotation, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- Lunge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand a couple of feet from a wall with it to your side. Step out into a side lunge, bending one knee and pushing your hips back while keeping the other leg straight. As you lunge, rotate your torso toward the wall, reaching across your body, then return to standing and repeat. Switch sides after your reps.
- 1Feel the stretch and load in the bent leg's glute and inner thigh
- 2Rotate through your mid-back as you reach across
- 3Keep your trailing leg straight and foot planted
Common mistakes
- Do not let the bent knee collapse inward
- Avoid rounding your back as you rotate
- Do not let your weight drift onto your toes
Muscles worked
The wall side lunge torso rotation mainly works the glutes, obliques, and adductors, with the quads, hamstrings, lower back, upper abs, and lower abs assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- ObliquesPrimary
- AdductorsPrimary
- QuadsSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- CalvesMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the wall side lunge torso rotation for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.