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L-sits

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The L-sit is an extremely challenging gymnastics movement in which the legs are held straight in front of you while your weight is supported by your hands. It is primarily a core exercise, but it will also benefit your hip flexors, quads, pecs, lats, triceps, and shoulders. Luckily, there are many ways to scale the L-sit no matter your fitness level. Beginners can try a seated static leg raise either from a chair or from the ground as shown in the two videos below:


If you are ready to learn how to do an L-sit from the floor, the following video goes over progressions to get you there. The foot supported L-sit is shown at 0:42, followed by the one foot supported L-sit at 2:30 and the tucked L-sit at 2:56. At around 4:00, you are shown how to begin extending the legs in the L-sit. You should be able to hold an easier L-sit modification for one minute before progressing on to the next harder modification. Please remember that the L-sit  is quite difficult and will probably take a long time to master. However, practicing any of these modifications will have many positive results for your strength and fitness levels.


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