L-Sit
Also known as: L Hold, Floor L-Sit, L-Sit Hold, L Sit, L-Sits, Parallel Bar L-Sit, L-Sit on Parallettes, L Sit on Floor
Body region
Muscles
Main
Helps
Holds
Technique
- Place your hands beside your hips on the floor, on parallettes or on parallel bars, arms straight, and press your shoulders down away from your ears.
- Lift your body off the floor, supporting yourself on locked arms.
- Raise both legs straight out in front until they are parallel to the floor.
- Hold with toes pointed and the chest tall.
- Lower down under control.
Cues
- Push down hard through the hands to keep your shoulders low.
- Squeeze the quads to keep the knees straight.
- Start with tucked knees if the full L is out of reach.
Common mistakes
- Shrugging up into the ears.
- Letting the knees bend and the legs drop.
- Leaning back and rounding the shoulders to hold the position.