Legs · Bodyweight
Wall Supported Side Leg Swing
How to do the wall supported side leg swing, 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
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand tall facing a wall with both hands resting on it for support. Swing one leg side to side across the front of your body, letting it travel out to the side and back across the midline in a controlled arc. Keep your hips square and torso upright throughout.
- 1An opening through the inner and outer hip as the leg swings across
- 2Your adductors and outer hip working through the range
- 3Your hips staying square while the leg does the moving
Common mistakes
- Rotating your hips or torso to gain extra range
- Swinging too aggressively before the hip is warmed up
- Letting your standing leg drift or buckle
Muscles worked
The wall supported side leg swing mainly works the adductors, with the glutes, lower abs, obliques, and hip flexors assisting.
- AdductorsPrimary
- GlutesSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- Hip FlexorsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
Kovo programs the wall supported side leg swing 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.
More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.