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🧱 You’re Only 3 Steps Away From Your First L-Sit
The L-sit looks simple.
But if you’ve ever tried it, you already know how deceiving it is.
The good news is this.
You are not far away.
In fact, you are only three real steps away from your first L-sit.
Most people just work on the wrong ones.
The L-sit requires three things.
Core strength.
Pushing strength.
And flexibility.
Most tutorials talk about two of them.
Very few talk about the third one that actually stops most people.
Let’s clear this up.
First is flexibility, and this is the one almost everyone ignores.
If you cannot touch your toes while standing, the L-sit will feel impossible.
Not because you are weak, but because your muscles are already maxed out in a shortened position.
The L-sit puts you in a seated “chair” shape.
If your hamstrings and calves are tight, your body has no room to express strength.
If this is you, you need consistent toe-touch stretching.
30 seconds to 1 minute.
Most days of the week.
Adding light weight or gentle pressure actually helps here.
Fix this, and the L-sit suddenly feels realistic.
Second is pushing strength.
You must be able to push your body away from the floor and keep your shoulders pressed down.
That means creating space between your ears and your shoulders.
Most people already have this strength.
An easy test is pushing on dip bars, parallettes, or even sturdy objects at home and lifting your hips off the ground.
If you can hold yourself up with locked arms and active shoulders, you’re good.
If not, simple push-up variations where your feet assist are more than enough to build this.
Third is core strength, specifically leg-raising strength.
If you can lift your legs in a leg raise, you are strong enough for an L-sit.
If not, that’s okay.
This is where progressions matter.
You can start with tucked leg raises.
Then negatives where you lower from straight legs into a tuck.
You can do these on the floor, on dip bars, or hanging from a bar.
Once you can lift your legs with control, the strength requirement is no longer the issue.
Now, here’s the part that helps most people instantly.
Don’t start the L-sit from the floor.
Trying to sit on the ground and lift both legs straight is one of the hardest ways to do it.
Instead, start with height.
Use dip bars, parallettes, yoga blocks, or even stacked books.
Height gives your legs room and reduces wrist strain.
When you go into the L-sit, don’t go straight to locked legs.
Start tucked.
Lift your hips.
Find your balance.
Then straighten one leg.
Then both legs.
This one change alone helps a huge number of people get their first L-sit.
If you’re struggling to feel the push, there’s a great drill where you sit on the floor and simply press your hands down to lift your hips slightly.
This teaches your shoulders what they’re supposed to do.
Hand placement is personal.
Some people prefer palms flat.
Some find a slight turned-out or “cup” position easier.
If something feels more stable, use it.
There is no rule here, only effectiveness.
Quick recap.
You need pushing strength to lift your hips.
You need flexibility to straighten your legs.
You need core strength to hold them there.
If one of those is missing, that’s your bottleneck.
Fix that, and the L-sit stops being mysterious.
💬 Which part feels hardest for you right now, flexibility, leg strength, or holding the position?
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🧱 You’re Only 3 Steps Away From Your First L-Sit
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