Scissor Kicks
🔻 Lower Abs · updated September 2026
⏱ 30 sec🔁 3 sets📶 intermediate🌿 low-impact
Targets: the lower abdominals and hip flexors through continuous alternating tension
How to do it
- 1Lie on your back, hands under your hips, lower back pressed into the floor.
- 2Lift both legs to about 45 degrees.
- 3Lower one leg toward the floor while the other stays up, then switch in a smooth scissor motion.
- 4Keep the reps slow and the lower back glued down throughout.
Form tips
- • The lower your legs travel, the harder it gets — only go as low as your back stays pressed down.
- • Point the toes and keep legs long; the motion is from the hips, not the knees.
- • Exhale rhythmically with each switch.
Common mistakes
- • Lower back arching off the floor (shorten the range — this is the #1 error).
- • Fast, floppy kicks — slow scissors work triple.
- • Lifting the head and straining the neck; keep it down or support it lightly.
